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BENEATH ANOTHER SKY - NORMAN DAVIES TASCHENBUCH

After decades of writing about European history  Norman Davies embarked upon an extended
journey that took him round the world. He aimed to test his powers of observation  but equally
to encounter history in a new way. Beneath Another Sky is partly a historian's travelogue 
partly a highly engaging exploration of events and personalities that have fashioned today's
world. Davies's circumnavigation takes him to Baku  the Emirates  India  Malaysia  Mauritius 
Tasmania  Tahiti  Texas  Madeira and many places in between. At every stop  he not only
describes the current scene but also excavates the layers of accumulated experience that
underpin the present. He tramps round ancient temples  delves into the fate of indigenous
peoples  uncovers the Nazi origins of Frankfurt airport and lectures on imperialism in a desert
oasis. 'Everything has its history'  he writes  'including the history of finding one's way or
of getting lost.' As always  Norman Davies watches the historical horizon as well as what is
close at hand  and brilliantly complicates our view of the past.

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