{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-world-in-50-failures","title":"A Short History of the World in 50 Failures","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;The bestselling alternative history series in bite-sized chapters. Thoroughly researched and entertaining. This is history … but not as you know it.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Explore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this captivating entry in the bestselling series.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder to the unsuccessful stint in medical school that led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, the course of human history has so often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; fifty bite-sized chapters\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; spanning \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;thousands of years\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Failures\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; details how the world as we know it has been defined by plans gone awry, opportunities not seized upon and schemes that were always fated to end in catastrophe.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Whether it’s Louis XVI’s fated guillotine death or Napoleon’s doomed invasion of Russia, discover\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; a fascinating collection of outsized tales and historical snafus \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;that created the world as we know it today.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Also available:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789299076)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Murders \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;(9781789297737)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Tyrants \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;(9781789298437)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Lies\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789294606)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Places\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789291971)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Animals\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789292954)\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Books\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789294088)\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57524698579317,"sku":"9781807710811","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781807710811.jpg?v=1787742678","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-world-in-50-failures","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}