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An Intimate History Of Humanity

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Description for An Intimate History Of Humanity Paperback. The author of "The French", "Happiness" and "A History of French Passions" writes about the history of human feelings, habits, emotions and perceptions across time. Zeldin looks at the dilemmas of ordinary life, exploring the intimate experience of men and women through the ages. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360.

'The book that changed my life... a constant companion' Bill Bailey

'Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade' The Daily Telegraph

This extraordinarily wide-ranging study looks at the dilemmas of life today and shows how they need not have arisen. Portraits of living people and historical figures are placed alongside each other as Zeldin discusses how men and women have lost and regained hope; how they have learnt to have interesting conversations; how some have acquired an immunity to loneliness; how new forms of love and desire ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780749396237
SKU
9780749396237
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Theodore Zeldin
Theodore Zeldin, educated at Birkbeck College London and Christ Church Oxford, is senior fellow of St Antony's College Oxford. He has been awarded the Wolfson Prize for History, been elected a member of the European Academy, and figures on the Magazine Littéraire's list of the hundred most important thinkers in the world today.

Reviews for An Intimate History Of Humanity
Extraordinary and beautiful...the most exciting and ambitious work of non-fiction I have read in more than a decade
Maggie Gee
Daily Telegraph
The book that changed my life... a constant companion
Bill Bailey
Prospect Magazine
One of the year's most original and outstanding books...fascinating labyrinths of history and human experience, which he perceptively, intructively ... Read more

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