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Impossible Monsters
Michael Taylor
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Description for Impossible Monsters
Paperback.
Impossible Monsters is the captivating story of the discovery of the dinosaurs and how it upended our understanding of the origins of the world.
‘An astonishing book about an extraordinary subject' PETER FRANKOPAN
'As thrilling as it is sweeping' TOM HOLLAND
'This book dazzles in its originality . . . a triumph’ SATHNAM SANGHERA
In 1811, a twelve-year-old girl uncovered some strange-looking bones in Britain’s southern shoreline. They belonged to no known creature and were buried beneath a hundred feet of rock. Over the next two decades, as several more of these ‘impossible monsters’ emerged from the soil, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847926791
SKU
9781847926791
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About Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor is the author of The Interest: How the British Establishment Resisted the Abolition of Slavery, which was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2021, chosen as a Daily Telegraph Book of the Year and described as 'riveting' (The Times) and 'compulsively readable' (Guardian). He was born in 1988 and graduated with a double first in history from the University ... Read more
Reviews for Impossible Monsters
Excellent . . . Everything that popular scholarly history should be . . . written with clarity, zest, and wit
Piers Brendon
LIterary Review
Impossible Monsters captivatingly outlines how the unearthing of strange bones toppled traditional understanding of the origins of the world . . . rather miraculous
Roger Lewis
Telegraph
Marvellous . ... Read more
Piers Brendon
LIterary Review
Impossible Monsters captivatingly outlines how the unearthing of strange bones toppled traditional understanding of the origins of the world . . . rather miraculous
Roger Lewis
Telegraph
Marvellous . ... Read more