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A bestselling writer, whose books have been translated into 22 languages This is the first book to trace the common history of all the Americas Written with the range, opinion, wit and insight that readers have come to expect from this author 'This wonderfully sharp and provocative book should become essential reading for anybody interested in the history of America' TLS 'Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is one of the most brilliant historians currently at work. All his books are bravura displays of erudition, fizzing with seminal thoughts, original ideas and new syntheses of existing knowledge. His latest, ambitious production is no exception' Independent 'For anyone wanting to understand American colonial beginnings, this is the place to begin' Peter J. Ling, History Today

About the Author

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto is a Professorial Fellow in History and Geography at Queen Mary College, London, and a member of the faculty of modern history at Oxford University. He is the author of ten books and the editor of several more, including the Times Atlas of World Exploration. He is a frequent journalist and has presented "Analysis" on BBC Radio 4.

Reviews

"An imaginative, intelligent and sprightly volume that, in the space of some two hundred pages, races through the history of the Western hemisphere-from prehistoric times to the present."
-The Washington Post Book World
"This wonderfully sharp and provocative book should become essential reading for anybody interested in the history of America."
-The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
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"Fernandez-Armesto can personalize broad historical trends without sinking into triviality. . . . History written at its best." -Booklist

"An imaginative, intelligent and sprightly volume that, in the space of some two hundred pages, races through the history of the Western hemisphere-from prehistoric times to the present."
-The Washington Post Book World
"This wonderfully sharp and provocative book should become essential reading for anybody interested in the history of America."
-The Times Literary Supplement (London)"
"Fernandez-Armesto can personalize broad historical trends without sinking into triviality. . . . History written at its best." -Booklist