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Prose: non-fiction, History of other lands, Historical geography, Geography
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Wildfire
- Trade Paperback Apr 30, 2024 | 9781472298515 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 30, 2024 | 9781472298508 | RRP $59.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298522 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
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Wildfire
- Trade Paperback Apr 30, 2024 | 9781472298515 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 30, 2024 | 9781472298508 | RRP $59.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298522 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298539 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Wildfire
- Trade Paperback Apr 30, 2024 | 9781472298515 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 30, 2024 | 9781472298508 | RRP $59.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298522 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298539 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Imprint
Wildfire
- Trade Paperback Apr 30, 2024 | 9781472298515 | RRP $34.99 Pre-Order
- Hardback Jul 30, 2024 | 9781472298508 | RRP $59.99 Pre-Order
- e-Book Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298522 | RRP $16.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 25, 2024 | 9781472298539 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
A fascinating and surprising history of the world told through the lines people have drawn on maps, by the 'charming and outstandingly nerdish' author of The Compendium of (Not Quite) Everything.
'Fascinating and hugely entertaining' MARINA HYDE
'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all four of those at once' GIDEON DEFOE
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does - and about the scale of human folly.
From the Roman attempts to define the boundaries of civilisation, to the secret British-French agreement to carve up the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, to the reason why landlocked Bolivia still maintains a navy, this is a fascinating, witty and surprising look at the history of the world told through its borders.
Jonn Elledge
Jonn Elledge is a regular contributor to the Big Issue and the New Statesman, a less regular contributor to other titles such as the Guardian and Wired, and an almost constant contributor to the weekly Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything. He was previously assistant editor of the New Statesman, where he was responsible for launching and editing the urbanism site CityMetric, hosting the Skylines podcast and writing a lot of angry columns about the housing crisis. He lives in the East End of London, where he has probably spent more time thinking about tube station naming conventions than is strictly speaking healthy.
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