Michael Wood

La milenaria historia de una civilización y un pueblo China es una de las civilizaciones más antiguas de la Tierra, pero sus cuatro milenios de historia son muy poco conocidos en Occidente. Michael

From the bestselling author of the DCI Matilda Darke series comes a standalone thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page... Dark, twisting and captivating. The very essence of the just-one-more-page thriller Will Carver

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Uma viagem para o passado de uma superpotência globalA China é a civilização mais antiga da Terra, mas sua história é pouco conhecida pelo resto do mundo. A narrativa brilhante de Michael Wood – que

More than two millennia ago, Alexander the Great changed the course of human history in an astonishingly short time: He acceded to the throne of Macedon at the age of just 20, and by the time he was 30 he had conquered the known world. At 32 he was dead. His 22,000-mile journey to India and back opened up connections between the East and West, and even today its traces can be found throughout Asia-- in cultures, legends, place names and traditions. Filmmaker and journalist Michael Wood has retraced Alexander's journey--by car, horse, camel, boat and even on foot-- resulting in the engaging In the Footsteps of Alexander. (He travelled with a small, hardy film crew, and together they also produced a PBS documentary of the same name.) Wood's text vividly brings Alexander's times to life, as he mixes accounts of his own adventures and encounters with the story of Alexander's journey. Accompanying the text is a well-chosen assortment of maps, photographs and reproductions of artwork and artefacts. Alexander aficionados and neophytes alike will find much to inform and delight them in this handsome volume.

When Arthur Bold returned from his wifes funeral he celebrated his new found freedom exorcising the demons of his marriage by making best use (in his own eyes) of what remained. Only thing was, all that remained didnt want to go. It didnt want to go at all.

Real Stephen King vibes Tense unsettling and a surefire winner Trevor Wood An intense one sitting read full of twists and turns that kept me guessing right until the end Angela Marsons A mess with your mind spine tingling thriller with an unguessable twist Wood is quite simply a genius A A Chaudhuri A bestselling writer A murder that hasn t been scripted Or has it Since being left for dead in a brutal attack crime writer Aidan Cullen hasn t left his house For five years his paranoia and fear have confined him to the walls of his rural home with just his dog for company Not even his hugely successful much longed for publishing career could tempt him from his self imposed prison But when a murder happens so close to Aidan s home that he can see the lights of the police cars and the white suits of the forensic team even his elaborate security system and iron gates can t keep the world out Aidan finds himself at the heart of DS Katherine Marshall s investigation as a string of seemingly unrelated murders start to show a terrifying pattern a pattern that only he can see As Aidan starts to feel his world closing in on him his paranoia grows is someone out to get him or is it all in his mind Readers are loving Chapter One A disturbi

A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about Tom HollandMasterful and engrossing...well-paced, eminently readable and well-timed. A must-read for those who want and need to know about the China of yesterday, today and tomorrow Peter FrankopanChinas story is extraordinarily rich and dramatic. Now Michael Wood, one of the UKs pre-eminent historians, brings it all together in a major new one-volume history of China that is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand its burgeoning role in our world today. China is the oldest living civilisation on earth, but its history is still surprisingly little known in the wider world. Michael Woods sparkling narrative, which mingles the grand sweep with local and personal stories, woven together with the authors own travel journals, is an enthralling account of Chinas 4000-year-old tradition, taking in life stationed on the Great Wall or inside the Forbidden City. The story is enriched with the latest archaeological and documentary discoveries; correspondence and court cases going back to the Qin and Han dynasties; family letters from soldiers in the real-life Terracotta Army; stories from Silk Road merchants and Buddhist travellers, along with memoirs and diaries of emperors, poets and peasants. In the modern era, the book is full of new insights, with the electrifying manifestos of the feminist revolutionaries Qiu Jin and He Zhen, extraordinary eye-witness accounts of the Japanese invasion, the Great Famine and the Cultural Revolution under Chairman Mao, and fascinating newly published sources for the great turning points in Chinas modern history, including the Tiananmen Square crisis of 1989, and the new order of President Xi Jinping. A compelling portrait of a single civilisation over an immense period of time, the book is full of intimate detail and colourful voices, taking us from the desolate Mongolian steppes to the ultra-modern world of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. It also asks what were the forces that have kept China together for so long? Why was China overtaken by the west after the 18th century? What lies behind Chinas extraordinary rise today? The Story of China tells a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity and deep humanity; a portrait of a country that will be of the greatest importance to the world in the twenty-first century.

Twenty of the most crucial moments in Britains history.BBC History Magazine asked a selection of leading historians to choose and describe the twenty most important turning points in British history from AD 1000 to 2000. Collected together, their choices present a new way of looking at our nations story. From the Danish invasion of Britain in 1016, to the Suez crisis in 1956, the key moments include victories (or defeats) both at home and abroad, plague, reform and even revolutions that have reshaped the British way of life. Each contribution brings the past to life, offering new perspectives and food for debate: did the Battle of Agincourt change Englands role in Europe? What was the impact of American independence on Britain? Was 1916 more important than 1939? Thought-provoking and inspiring accounts.

The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the New World, and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance.In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers travelling from the forests of Amazonia to Lake Titicaca, the deserts of North Mexico, the snowpeaks of the Andes and the heights of Machu Picchu. He experiences the epic journeys of Cortes, Pizarro, Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca, and explores the turbulent and terrifying events surrounding the Spanish conquest of the Aztec and Inca empires.Wood brings these stories to vivid life, highlighting both the heroic accomplishments and the complex moral legacy of the European invasion. Conquistadors is Michael Wood at his best - thoughtful, provocative and gripping history.

A VILLAGE AND ITS PEOPLE THROUGH THE WHOLE OF ENGLISH HISTORYThe village of Kibworth in Leicestershire lies at the very centre of England. It has a church, some pubs, the Grand Union Canal, a First World War Memorial - and many centuries of recorded history. Bought in the thirteenth century by William de Merton, who founded Merton College, Oxford, it also lodges 750 years of village history. Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of one English community over fifteen centuries - from the moment that the Roman Emperor Honorius sent his famous letter in 410 advising the English to look to their own defences to the village as it is today. He builds on this unique archive, enlisting the help of Kibworths inhabitants in a village-wide archaeological dig and the first complete DNA profile of an English village.The story of Kibworth is the story of England itself, a Who Do You Think You Are? for the entire nation.Better than any historian for decades, Wood brings home not just the ways in which buildings, landscapes and written texts may be read, but the sensual beauty of encounters with themTLS