Charles Emmerson
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Charles Emmerson is a London-based writer and historian. He is the author of three books.
Crucible: The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World

'A remarkable book… an amazingly audacious and completely innovative way of writing history… immediate and gripping'
William Boyd, Any Human Heart
1913: The World Before the Great War

'Every so often a book comes along that simply must be read. 1913 is such a work. Luminous and majestic, rich in detail and stunning in its depth of research'
Wade Davis, Into the Silence
The Future History of the Arctic

'As reviving as a blast of polar air'
Joanna Kavenna, The Ice Museum