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Description

Originally published in 1983 and named one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times , this bestselling history is now revised and updated and includes a new final chapter.

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First Sentence

The modern world began on 29 May 1919 when photographs of a solar eclipse, taken on the island of Principe off West Africa and at Sobral Brazil, confirmed the truth of a new theory of the universe.

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  1. Paul Johnson (Author)
 

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