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Aug 11, 2024 | 
thedailynewsonline.com | Ellen Akins |David Gibbins
David Gibbins’ “A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks” is also a history of the world in 270 pages, which is why, as you might imagine, the book is jam-packed with information — and why, as Gibbins explains, it is not the history, but a history.
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May 28, 2024 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Sune Engel Rasmussen |Jack Weatherford |David Gibbins
Sharp, memorable portraits of the myriad struggles of young people from Afghanistan. A reporter’s intensive interviews with a diverse generation of Afghans over the last 20 years. Rasmussen, a London-based journalist who covers Afghanistan, Iran, and European security affairs for the Wall Street Journal, offers poignant explorations of Afghan lives over two tumultuous decades.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
texarkanagazette.com | David Gibbins |Ellen Akins
A History of the World in Twelve ShipwrecksBy David Gibbins; St. Martin's Press (304 pages, $32)David Gibbins' "A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks" is also a history of the world in 270 pages, which is why, as you might imagine, the book is jam-packed with information -- and why, as Gibbins explains, it is not the history, but a history.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
arcamax.com | David Gibbins
David Gibbins' "A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks" is also a history of the world in 270 pages, which is why, as you might imagine, the book is jam-packed with information — and why, as Gibbins explains, it is not the history, but a history.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
startribune.com | Ellen Akins |David Gibbins
David Gibbins' "A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks" is also a history of the world in 270 pages, which is why, as you might imagine, the book is jam-packed with information — and why, as Gibbins explains, it is not the history, but a history.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
fact-magazine.com | Mary Kubica |David Gibbins
THRILLERShe’s Not SorryBy Mary KubicaThe latest offering from the New York Times bestselling writer of Local Woman Missing introduces us to ICU nurse Meghan Michaels, who breaks her own rule of detachment from her patients in the case of a young woman with a traumatic brain injury, who seems to have jumped from a bridge.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
nautil.us | David Gibbins
1 Archaeology has more application to recent history than I thoughtIn the preface of my book, A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks, I emphasize that it is a history of the world, not the history; the choice of sites for each chapter reflects my own career and interests as an archaeologist. This may seem a well-worn point about the nature of written history, but being conscious of it while writing the book was a revelatory experience for me. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
literaryreview.co.uk | David Gibbins
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks is a book of great range. It is possible, however, to identify its geographical heart. This is the Lizard peninsula at the western tip of Cornwall. Here, granite reefs lie in the coastal shallows, treacherous currents surge and capricious winds blow. It was off the Lizard in November 1721 that the Royal Anne Galley was ‘split to pieces on the Stag Rocks’ with the loss of all but three of the 210 aboard.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
thisismoney.co.uk | Nick Rennison |David Gibbins
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN TWELVE SHIPWRECKSBy David Gibbins (Weidenfeld & Nicolson £25, 304pp)Nick RennisonIn 1545, Henry VIII, staring across the Solent, was an appalled witness to the sinking of his warship, the Mary Rose. ‘Through misfortune and carelessness,’ wrote the Holy Roman Emperor’s ambassador, ‘the ship...
