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Bestsellerautor Christopher Clark über Zeit und Macht von der Antike bis heute: Was hat der Brexit mit Bismarck zu tun? Was verbindet die antike Alexanderschlacht bei Issus mit der Schlacht gegen Napoleon bei Jena 1806? Was lehren uns Psychogramme aus dem Dritten Reich über Gehorsam und Courage? Und wie lässt sich Weltgeschichte schreiben, ohne dabei dem Eurozentrismus verhaftet zu bleiben.

“A monumental new volume. . . . Revelatory, even revolutionary. . . . Clark has done a masterful job explaining the inexplicable.” — The Boston Globe One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History) Historian...

Penguin presents the unabridged audiobook edition of Empire by Niall Ferguson, read by Jonathan Keeble. Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of...

Brought to you by Penguin. Once vast swathes of the globe were coloured imperial red and Britannia ruled not just the waves, but the prairies of America, the plains of Asia, the jungles of Africa and the deserts of Arabia. Just how did a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic achieve all this?...

The exploration of North America was the undertaking of adventurers. Typically, these adventurers were enthusiastic young men accustomed to hard living, unforeseen twists and turns in their ventures, and many adversities. These traits characterize the famous Lewis and Clark expedition of the early 19th century.