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A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History

Edward Wilson-Lee
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Description:From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them – an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music – returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other – a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan – ends up as the national poet of Portugal.The stories of Damião de Góis and Luís de Camões capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History. To get started finding A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
344
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
William Collins
Release
2022
ISBN
0008358222

A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History

Edward Wilson-Lee
4.4/5 (1290744 ratings)
Read Now Download now ⏭ listen AudioBook
Description: From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them – an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music – returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other – a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan – ends up as the national poet of Portugal.The stories of Damião de Góis and Luís de Camões capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History. To get started finding A History of Water: Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
344
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
William Collins
Release
2022
ISBN
0008358222

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