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The Battle of Waterloo, Martin Luther King Jr’s famous speech, 9/11 – there are some events in history’s infinite stream of moments that stand out as turning points. These landmarks changed the course of politics, civil rights, countries and continents. In short, they are the events that shaped our world. Together, they form a turbulent story that is harrowing, sobering and inspiring in equal measure. Featuring: 50 events that changed the
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Traces the history of the King James Bible discussing how it came to be translated, the scholars involved, the sources used, and the seven years of work that produced, in 1611, a new version of the Bible that has been praised as "the noblest monument of English prose."