A thought-provoking & gripping look at how history has been defined by life-changing documents in art politics & science from 2800BC to 2013. Covering a vast array of genres from holy books & treaties to literary classics commercial records & electronic messages & a range of media from early bamboo & stone to illustrated manuscripts & computer files it's a fascinating & unique approach to history. Organised chronologically documents include items as diverse as Homer's The Iliad & The Odyssey the Magna Carta Isaac Newton's papers the Communist Manifesto & the Beatles' recording contract. Hardback. 224 pages.