Edward Wilson-Lee
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History
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A History of Water is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal, following the interconnected lives of two men: an art collector and historian, and a ruffian and braggart. It explores the extraordinary wonders of India and China, the challenges they presented to longstanding beliefs, and the conspiracy to silence the questions they posed about history and human life.
Format: Hardback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 04 August 2022
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
A History of Water is a captivating historical detective story set in 16th-century Portugal, written by Edward Wilson-Lee. It intertwines the lives of two men, one an art collector, historian, and expert on water music, who returns home after witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident. The other, a ruffian, vagabond, and braggart, is chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan and becomes the national poet of Portugal. The book explores the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions they raised about history and human life.
Like all good mysteries, everyone has their own version of events.
Weight: 602g
Dimension: 241 x 163 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008358228
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