Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know by Greg Jenner

Ask A Historian: 50 Surprising Answers to Things You Always Wanted to Know

Greg Jenner

352 pages first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Why is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths? Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an ente...

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