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A Short History of the World in 50 Failures

By: Ben Gazur
Narrated by: Malk Williams
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Explore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this new entry in the bestselling series.

From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the course of human history has so often been shaped by failures of all magnitudes.

In fifty bite-sized chapters spanning thousands of years, A Short History of the World in 50 Failures details how the world as we know it has been defined by plans gone awry, opportunities not seized upon and schemes that were always fated to end in catastrophe.

Whether it's the pharaoh Akhenaten's misplaced attempt to found a new religion or Napoleon's doomed invasion of Russia, discover a fascinating collection of outsized tales and historical snafus that created the world as we know it today.

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I really enjoyed listening to this book and was sad for it to end. The content is engaging and fascinating, and covered many quirky areas of history that I was previously unaware of. Some subtle humor sprinkled in really topped it off for me as one of my favourites over the past couple of years of listening to Audible, and the narration was spot on. I of course rushed to find another audiobook from Ben Gazur, but was dismayed to find there aren’t any

Great book. Interesting and humorous

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This book and it's partner are great ways to learn fascinating bits of history.

Well written and researched it will teach lots of history that other sources don't.

Very interesting book

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