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Jerry Brotton

Jerry Brotton
Jerry Brotton is a professor of English and History at the University of London. A renowned broadcaster, curator, and critic, he is the author of the New York Times bestselling, award-winning A History of the World in 12 Maps, which has been translated into nineteen languages, The Sultan and the Queen, a Financial Times and Waterstones Book of the Year and winner of the Historical Writer’s Association Prize, The Renaissance Bazaar, and The Sale of the Late King’s Goods, a finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize. He lives in London.


“Are We Lost?” How Ancient Cultures Across the Globe Found Their Way Around

Jerry Brotton on the Diverse Origins of the Language of Cardinal Directions
November 15, 2024  By Jerry Brotton
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