c.1000 AD: Erik the Red's daughter heads south from Greenland 1492: Christopher Columbus does not discover America 1531: the Incas invade Europe Civilisations is the world as we don't know it: set at different points in history it links stories about characters in different places and times, all hungry to explore and to acquire power. Freydis is a woman warrior and leader of a band of Viking explorers setting out southwards. They meet local tribes, exchange skills, are taken prisoner, and get as far as Panama. But nobody ...
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c.1000 AD: Erik the Red's daughter heads south from Greenland 1492: Christopher Columbus does not discover America 1531: the Incas invade Europe Civilisations is the world as we don't know it: set at different points in history it links stories about characters in different places and times, all hungry to explore and to acquire power. Freydis is a woman warrior and leader of a band of Viking explorers setting out southwards. They meet local tribes, exchange skills, are taken prisoner, and get as far as Panama. But nobody ultimately knows what became of them.... Fast forward five hundred years to 1492 and we're reading the journals of Christopher Columbus, mid-Atlantic on his own famous voyage of exploration to The Americas, dreaming of gold and conquest. But he and his men are taken captive by Incas. Even as their sufferings increase his faith in his superiority, and in his mission, is unshaken. Thirty years later, Atahualpa, the last Inca emperor, arrives in Europe in the ships stolen from Columbus. He finds a continent divided by religious and dynastic quarrels, the Spanish Inquisition, Luther's Reformation, capitalism, the miracle of the printing press, endless warmongering between the ruling monarchies, and constant threat from the Turks. But most of all he finds downtrodden populations ready for revolution. Fortunately, he has a recent bestseller as a guidebook to acquiring power - Machiavelli's The Prince. The stage is set for a Europe ruled by Incas and Aztecs, and for a great war that will change history forever. Civilisations is nothing less than a strangely believable counter-factual history of the modern world, fizzing with ideas about colonisation, empire-building and the eternal human quest for domination. It is an electrifying novel by one of Europe's most exciting writers.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. Signed by Author(s) Outstanding Copy-Goldsboro Limited. Number 78 Of 250 Signed Numbered Copies. Signed By The Author On The Special Limitation/Title Page. A First Edition, First Printing. Book Is In Fine Condition. Boards Are Clean, Not Bumped. Fore Edges Are Clean. Interior Is Clean And Legible. Not Remaindered. Dust Jacket Is In Fine Condition. Not Chipped Or Crinkled. Not Price Clipped. Dust Jacket Is Covered By Mylar Brodart. Thanks And Enjoy.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st Printing. A fine UK first edition, first printing hardback in a fine unclipped dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR-one of 250 numbered copies-Pictures of the book are available upon request.
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Signed limited first edition of this alternate-history novel of the Americas and Europe. Octavo, original publishers red boards, all edges red. One of 250 numbered copies, this is number 176. Boldly signed by Laurent Binet on the title page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Translated from the French by Sam Taylor. Civilisations (2019) by Laurent Binet is an alternate-history novel that reimagines the early modern Atlantic world by reversing the familiar narrative of European conquest. Through a structure that mimics historical documents-chronicles, testimonies, and pseudo-archival fragments-Binet constructs a counterfactual scenario in which Indigenous American powers exert political and military dominance in Europe. The novel uses this inversion to interrogate the contingency of empire, the cultural assumptions embedded in conventional historiography, and the mechanisms through which "civilisation" is claimed, imposed, or narrated. By blending historiographic play with political critique, Civilisations functions both as a speculative reconstruction of world history and as a commentary on how historical authority is produced and legitimized.
Add this copy of Civilisations (Signed Limited First English Language to cart. $250.00, like new condition, Sold by Dan Pope Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from WEST Hartford, CT, UNITED STATES, published 2021 by Harvill Secker, London.
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As New in As New jacket. Signed by Author(s) Harvill Secker, London, 2021. First English language edition. First printing, with full number line to 1. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean copy in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Translated from the French by Taylor. This copy is one of just 250 numbered copies that have been SIGNED by Taylor on the limitation/title page (as pictured). Signed-UK-Ld.
