Chronologica: The Incredible Years that Defined History

摘要

It would be an interesting and revealing experience to ask ten historians to identify 100 most important or significant events or years in history. Probably like economists, there would be no consensus, even though the debate would be very lively. By describing these events as "incredible", the Whitaker team (with its connection to the famous Whitaker's Almanack) has transformed them into an attractive mixture of the informative and entertaining. For history to be popular in the current times, it seems to need a "trivial pursuits" dimension to succeed, packed with fascinating facts and intriguing queries like: Did you know that the armies at the Battle of Hastings broke for lunch or that King James I travelled in the world's first submarine?