An engaging and idiosyncratic writer uses the machinations of the 1907 Peking-Paris car race as mirror to the geopolitical and technological changes which – not even a decade later – pitched the world into WW1.
The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth Century
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£20.00
Edition:Hardback978152938605909/11/2023
Categories: 17. Books For Christmas 2023: Travel, Books For Christmas 2023, History, Travel
Tag: World
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