Mike Dash è un autore acclamato le cui opere si addentrano in affascinanti narrazioni storiche, spesso dimenticate. Con un notevole talento nel fondere una profonda ricerca originale con una narrazione avvincente, porta in vita eventi storici. Il suo stile è caratterizzato da descrizioni vivide, quasi cinematografiche, che attirano il lettore al centro dell'azione, evocando personaggi e luoghi con una ricchezza che supera la finzione. Dash è un maestro nel trasformare vaste conoscenze in resoconti storici incredibilmente leggibili e fantasiosi.
Mike Dash racconta la storia avventurosa di questo fiore, dalle steppe asiatiche all'Europa, e dei molti uomini di genio (viaggiatori e botanici,banchieri, imperatori e speculatori) che ad esso dedicarono la vita. Narra anche un caso poco noto di isteria collettiva e di speculazione di massa, culminato in una colossale crisi finanziaria.
When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a tiny coral island less than half a mile long. A band of mutineers, whose motives were almost beyond comprehension, then started on a cold-blooded killing spree, leaving less than 80 people alive when the rescue boat arrived three months later.
A captivating examination of human greed and self-deception, as well as a homage to our timeless quest for beauty.
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower and the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
'A fascinating exploration of human greed and self-delusion and also a tribute to our ageless search for beauty' Deborah Moggach
On 12 January, less than three months ago, the coronavirus was confined to China only. But by 13 January, the virus became a global problem. Cases were reported from South Korea, Japan, and Thailand. Soon the US followed. And slowly the numbers swelled across the globe, and it turned into a pandemic. A work four years in the making, Queen Corona Coronation is a poignant attempt to document the COVID-19 pandemic that sent ripples across the entire world. From the ever-increasing tally of new cases and new deaths to the ever-changing, ever-inconsistent guidance for keeping safe, to the ever-elusive hunt for a vaccine, these memoirs offer a unique perspective, chronicling the monotony, fear and uncertainty that gripped the entire world. Recounting both life under lockdown and the realities of life at sea in a slowly recovering world, the author paints a stark picture of dread, isolation and, above all, hope in an unprecedented time.
Sie verhexte Kaiser und Könige, trieb reiche Kaufleute in den Ruin und vereinte ehrbare Bürger, Händler und Halunken in gemeinsamer Obsession: die Tulpe, eine gärtnerische Novität aus dem Orient, die vor allem in den Niederlanden großen Anklang fand. Hier entspann sich bald ein intensiver Tulpenhandel und die Blume wurde zum Anlage- und Prestigeobjekt Nummer eins. Doch als 1637 plötzlich die Preise in den Keller fielen, folgte ein wirtschaftliches Desaster von ungeahntem Ausmaß, das zum ersten Börsenkrach in der Geschichte führte ...
Die verrückteste Spekulation der Geschichte
Sie verhexte Kaiser und Könige, trieb reiche Kaufleute in den Ruin und vereinte ehrbare Bürger, Händler und Halunken in gemeinsamer Obsession: die Tulpe, eine gärtnerische Novität aus dem Orient, die vor allem in den Niederlanden großen Anklang fand. Hier entspann sich bald ein intensiver Tulpenhandel und die Blume wurde zum Anlage- und Prestigeobjekt Nummer eins. Doch als 1637 plötzlich die Preise in den Keller fielen, folgte ein wirtschaftliches Desaster von ungeahntem Ausmaß, das zum ersten Börsenkrach in der Geschichte führte ...
