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Jacob F. Field

A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies

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Imprint: O'Mara Books

Publication date: 13/05/2027

ISBN: 9781789299076

Subject: Non-Fiction

Category: Science - History - Philosophy

Binding: Hardback

Size: 178 x 129 mm

Extent: 288 pages

Illustration: b&w line drawings

Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)

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Summary:

Explore the conspiracies, clandestine operations and coups that have shaped the course of history. This is history … but not as you know it.

Behind the great events, figures and developments of the past, there have always been fiendish plots, hidden machinations and covert operations. Leading readers through a truly worldwide history, Jacob F. Field examines how conspiracies have shaped the course of humanity, from the earliest times right up until the modern day.

In 50 bite-sized chapters spanning 2,500 years, A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies details bloody coups, gruesome assassinations and devious espionage to give a new perspective on the past.

These are conspiracies that have sparked wars, scandals and regime changes, from the assassination that eliminated Xerxes the Great, one of the great rulers of the ancient world, to the 1991 coup that attempted to preserve Communist rule in Russia.

Readers will follow the complex, intriguing and sometimes underhand ways the past was shaped across the millennia, as Field reveals new perspectives on events from the Crusades to the French Revolution, to World Wars I and II, as well as influential figures like Julius Caesar, Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela.

A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies will take you into the shadows of history to reveal the seismic impact of the world’s most fascinating conspiracies.

Also available:
A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants (9781789298437)
A Short History of the World in 50 Failures (9781789296938)
A Short History of the World in 50 Lies (9781789294606)
A Short History of the World in 50 Books (9781789294088)
A Short History of the World in 50 Animals (9781789292954)
A Short History of the World in 50 Places (9781789291971)

Sales points:

  • Features 50 bite-sized chapters: each covering fascinating conspiracies from world history. A thoroughly researched and entertaining history of the world that includes both iconic incidents from history and more obscure, but no less compelling, figures.

  • Written by an expert author: Jacob F. Field is a historian who studied at the University of Oxford. He is the author of the bestselling History of the World in Bite-sized Chunks.

  • Also in the series: A Short History of the World in 50 Failures; A Short History of the World in 50 Lies (over 100,000 copies sold in the English language); A Short History of the World in 50 Books; A Short History of the World in 50 Places; and A Short History of the World in 50 Animals. The series has also been translated in over 20 languages worldwide.

About the Author:

Jacob F. Field

Dr Jacob F. Field is a historian and writer who was a contributor to 1001 Historic Sites and 1001 Battles. He is the author of One Bloody Thing After Another: The World's Gruesome History, and We Shall Fight on the Beaches: The Speeches That Inspired History, both published by Michael O'Mara Books. He studied for his undergraduate degree at the University of Oxford, and then moved to Newcastle University for his PhD, where he completed a thesis on the Great Fire of London. He then worked as a research associate at the University of Cambridge.

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