{"product_id":"writers-who-changed-history-isbn-9780744096958","title":"Writers Who Changed History","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis visual celebration of the world's most celebrated thinkers tells the fascinating stories of their lives and pioneering ideas.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriters Who Changed History\u003c\/i\u003e places well-known writers in their historical and cultural context, showing you how they came to influence literature as we know it today. This illustrated guide is ideal for those interested in literature, writing, poems, and novels or who want to broaden their general understanding of literature and writers' lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside this book on writers, you’ll find: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-An overview of the lives and works of around 100 of the world's most important novelists, poets, and playwrights - from the Middle Ages to the present\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Eight pages of brand-new content with 12 new entries, including Charles Waddell Chesnutt and Zora Neale Hurston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-Portraits of each writer alongside photographs of their homes and studios, original manuscripts, notebooks, letters, first editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this literature guide, each writer is introduced with a realistic portrait and biographical entries that trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired and influenced their work, revealing insights into the larger-than-life characters, plots, and evocative settings they created. Entries explore each individual's key ideas and working methods and set their ideas in context, conveying a powerful sense of the place and the period of history in which they lived. \u003ci\u003eWriters Who Changed History \u003c\/i\u003eprovides revealing insights into what drove each individual to develop new ways of understanding the world.\u003cb\u003eJames Naughtie (Foreword By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Naughtie\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning radio presenter and broadcaster, who began his career as a journalist before moving to radio presenting in 1986. For over 20 years he co-presented on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, and he has chaired Radio 4's monthly bookclub since it began in 1997. James Naughtie has chaired both the Man Booker and Samuel Johnson judging panels and written a number of books including \u003ci\u003eThe Rivals: The Intimate Story Of A Political Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Accidental American: Tony Blair And The Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Making Of Music\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e The New Elizabethans\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Madness of July\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"DK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44886794698981,"sku":"NP9780744096958","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780744096958.jpg?v=1767744611","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/writers-who-changed-history-isbn-9780744096958","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}