The one history of this century that every home should own Submit for all major trade promotions Interest from BBC Radio 4 in a series based on the book
Peter Watson was born in 1943 and educated at the universities of Durham, London and Rome. He was deputy editor of New Society and spent four years as part of the Insight team of The Sunday Times. He was New York correspondent of The Times and has written for the Observer, The New York Times, Punch and the Spectator. He is the author of thirteen books and has presented several television programmes about the arts. Since 1998 he has been a Research Associate at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge.Previous titles:Ideas (Cfmt Jul 06);Nureyev
Breathtakingly entertaining, endlessly instructive, irresistibly
enjoyable
*THE TIMES*
A tour de force of monumental proportions ... flawlessly,
mesmerically narrative ... its capacity to engage is almost
intoxicating
*SPECTATOR*
A brilliant concept ... I am lost in admiration
*GLASGOW HERALD*
This mammoth history of 20th-century ideas is a tour de force, the
product of omnivorous reading and encyclopaedic erudition ...
Watson is a highly talented populariser with a gift for precis
*INDEPENDENT*
A TERRIBLE BEAUTY is a magnificent achievement, highly readable,
absorbing and stimulating
*LITERARY REVIEW*
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