Beginning with the gladiators’ ritual ‘Hail, Caesar! They who are about to die salute you’ on 1 January, WB Marsh’s year of great quotations and the stories behind them ranges across history from antiquity to 2016. The words of participants, whether kings, revolutionaries or poets, offer intriguing and often surprising perspectives on historic events: the ‘empire on which the sun never sets’ turns out to be, not the British, but the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by Charles V from 28 June 1519.
366 quotations - one for every day of the (leap) year - each with a fascinating historical story
In a treasure trove for history buffs, W. B. Marsh fleshes out the context behind famous quotations associated with each day of the year, sending us back and forth in history from the time of the Ancient Egyptians to the world we live in today.
'You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war.' (25 April 1898) Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst urges war artist Frederick Remington to stay in Cuba while Hearst publishes lurid tales of an imaginary conflict.
'I am tasting the stars!' (4 August 1693) The monk Dom Perignon tests the result of his new techniques in the making of sparkling wine, and champagne is born.
'I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.' (20 March 1852) Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin, the nineteenth century's bestseller apart from the Bible.
'From the sublime to the ridiculous is only a step.' (18 October 1812) Napoleon's all-conquering Grande Armee begins its slow and ignominious retreat from Moscow.
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