{"product_id":"9780008358259","title":"A History of Water : Being an Account of a Murder, an Epic and Two Visions of Global History","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Wilson-Lee, Edward \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePortugal\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 17 August 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers (William Collins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e128 x 198 x 39 | 336g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Times History Book of the Year 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A TLS Book of the Year 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exhilarating and whip-smart THE SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  A History of Water follows the interconnected lives of two men across the Renaissance globe. One of them  an aficionado of mermen and Ethiopian culture, an art collector, historian and expert on water-music  returns home from witnessing the birth of the modern age to die in a mysterious incident, apparently the victim of a grisly and curious murder. The other  a ruffian, vagabond and braggart, chased across the globe from Mozambique to Japan  ends up as the national poet of Portugal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The stories of Damio de Gis and Lus de Cames capture the extraordinary wonders that awaited Europeans on their arrival in India and China, the challenges these marvels presented to longstanding beliefs, and the vast conspiracy to silence the questions these posed about the nature of history and of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Like all good mysteries, everyone has their own version of events.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44232147992816,"sku":"9780008358259","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780008358259.jpg?v=1713452801","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9780008358259","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}