{"product_id":"short-history-of-the-world-in-50-conspiracies","title":"A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies","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;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Explore the conspiracies, clandestine operations and coups that have shaped the course of history. This is history … but not as you know it.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Behind the great events, figures and developments of the past, there have always been \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;fiendish plots\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;hidden machinations \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;and \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;covert operations\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;. Leading readers through a truly \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;worldwide history\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, Jacob F. Field examines how \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;conspiracies\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; have shaped the course of humanity, from the earliest times right up until the modern day.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;In\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; 50 bite-sized chapters \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;spanning\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; 2,500 years\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; details bloody coups, gruesome assassinations and devious \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;espionage\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; to give a new perspective on the past. Historical hoaxes, political cover-ups and secret societies are all explored to reveal unsolved mysteries and unexplained events.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;These are conspiracies that have \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;sparked wars\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;scandals \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;and \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;regime changes\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, from the assassination that eliminated Xerxes the Great, one of the great rulers of the ancient world, to the 1991 coup that attempted to preserve Communist rule in Russia.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Readers will follow the complex, intriguing and sometimes underhand ways the past was shaped across the millennia, as Field \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;reveals new perspectives\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; on events from the Crusades to the French Revolution, to World Wars I and II, as well as influential figures like \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Julius Caesar\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Benjamin Franklin\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; and \u0026lt;b\u0026gt;Nelson Mandela\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;A Short History of the World in 50 Conspiracies\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; will take you into the shadows of history to reveal the seismic impact of the world’s most fascinating conspiracies. \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Also available:\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\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 Failures\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789296938)\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 Books\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789294088)\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 Places\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; (9781789291971)\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57507666821493,"sku":"9781789299076","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781789299076.jpg?v=1787042785","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/short-history-of-the-world-in-50-conspiracies","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}