A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge #foliosociety letters and telegrams from plots

letters and telegrams from plots and espionage relating to Mary

conscious and unconscious—from the willful politicians who redrew Europe’s borders in 1919 to the politics of whistleblowing and climate change denial

the person Edward holds most dear

‘Skillful storytelling and a warm-hearted narrative style

A History of the World in 47 Borders by Jonn Elledge #foliosociety letters and telegrams from plotsPeople have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very different if a war or treaty or the decisions of a handful of tired Europeans had gone a different way. By telling the stories of these borders, we can learn a lot about how political identities are shaped, why the world looks the way it does and about the