Made in Britain - The Men and Women Who Shaped the Modern World

Informationen zum Autor Adrian Sykes was born in Quetta, Baluchistan (British India, now Pakistan) in October 1945. Educated in Britain, he served in the British Army then worked in the City of London, with appointments overseas, for 40 years. He lives in East Anglia. Klappentext From the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 years ago) to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965,Adrian Sykes narrates the history and achievements of these islands,their inhabitants and their origins,through the stories of some 3000+ men & women who have shaped not just our history but the modern world. Zusammenfassung From the end of the last Ice Age (10,000 years ago) to the death of Winston Churchill in 1965,Adrian Sykes narrates the history and achievements of these islands,their inhabitants and their origins,through the stories of some 3000+ men & women who have shaped not just our history but the modern world.

Product details

• Authors: Adrian Sykes, Sykes Adrian
• Publisher: Everyman's Library UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.09.2011
• EAN: 9780956238726
• ISBN: 978-0-9562387-2-6
• No. of pages: 616
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 253 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Everyman's Library Barbreck
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Places & peoples: general & pictorial works, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Inventions, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, Trivia & quiz question books, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Inventions & inventors, Inventions and inventors, Trivia and quiz questions, Places and peoples: general and pictorial works