--  Cities and Civilisations  --

 

By - Christopher Hibbert

Illustrated with drawings, artwork and photos

 

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Slipcase has slight shelf wear

 

I do not deny my past. I have been a great wanderer from what is right, but at least I know it and hope that the knowledge has not come too late.   - Christopher Hibbert


From Thebes, Jerusalem, and Athens to New York, London, Sydney, Amsterdam, Moscow, and Berlin, Cities and Civilizations explores the world's great cities and their golden ages. Famed historian Christopher Hibbert vividly brings each city to life -- its moments of power and prestige, of cultural ferment and political dominance -- providing a panoramic sweep encompassing almost four thousand years.

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Christopher Hibbert, (March 5, 1924 - December 21, 2008) was an English writer, historian and biographer. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of many books, including Disraeli, Edward VII, George IV, The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici, and Cavaliers and Roundheads.

Described by Professor Sir John Plumb as "a writer of the highest ability and in the New Statesman as "a pearl of biographers," he established himself as a leading popular historian/biographer whose works reflected meticulous scholarship.
  
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