Publication

1943 - George G. Harrap, London, England

Language

English

Word Count

161,500 words, Guess

Page Count

646 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC920
  • LCCCT101 .V31

Description

At a series of mythical dinner parties, the reader meets many of the world's great men and women from the past, and learns the story of their lives, achievements, and personal philosophies. A mingling of history and biography with fantasy.

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Other Editions

  • Van Loon's Lives: being a true and faithful account of a number of highly interesting meetings with certain historical personages, from Confucius and Plato to Voltaire and Thomas Jefferson, about whom we had always felt a great deal of curiosity and who came to us as our dinner guests in a bygone yearGeorge G. Harrap1943-01-01

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