The Year of the Year in Non-fiction Book Titles
by Van
After a spell when John Doe: a Biography seemed the favorite form for titles, this year the trend is to use a year as the title with a descriptive subtitle.
1066: the Hidden History in the Bayeau Tapestry by Andrew Bridgeford
1453: the Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West by Roger Crowley
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
1759: the Year Britain Became Master of the World by
1812: the War That Forged a Nation by Walter R. Borneman
1942: the Year That Tried Men’s Souls by Winston Groom
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