The Complete History of the Whole World, or, from Amoeba to Cosmonaut by Desmond Olivier Dingle, Assisted by Raymond Box

Patrick Barlow, Raymond Box, Simon Schama

Paperback (19 Dec 2001)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Desmond Olivier Dingle gives us the benefit of his huge and devastating knowledge by charting the history of the world in 58 chapters and three prefaces. Each chapter is replete with erudition: "The Chinese Empire is one of the oldest Empires in the world and existed until recently without anyone knowing about it. Apart from the Chinese, obviously." The man behind Dingle, Patrick Barlow, also penned the National Theatre of Brent's Love Upon the Throne and The Messiah.

About the Publisher

Nick Hern Books

Nick Hern Books is the UK's leading specialist performing arts publisher with over 1,000 plays and theatre books in our catalogue. Our list of plays includes work by many of the UK's preeminent playwrights, as well as some of the most exciting emerging writers. We work with major theatres and theatre companies across the UK and in Ireland to publish new plays alongside their professional premieres, often in the form of a 'programme/text' that combines the functions of theatre programme and playtext. We also publish many classic plays and plays in translation, together with a wide range of authoritative theatre books, many of them written by well-known theatre practitioners.

Book information

ISBN:	9781854596628
Publisher:	Theatre Communications Group
Imprint:	Nick Hern Books
Pub date:	19 Dec 2001
DEWEY:	828.91409
DEWEY edition:	21
Language:	English
Number of pages:	184
Weight:	258g
Height:	215mm
Width:	135mm
Spine width:	13mm