Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected by Daniel J. Boorstin

Cleopatra's Nose: Essays on the Unexpected

Daniel J. Boorstin

224 pages first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction essays history informative reflective medium-paced
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Discoverers demonstrates the truth behind the aphorism that if Cleopatra's nose had been shorter, the face of the world would have been changed. Boorstin goes on to uncover the elements of accident, improvi...

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