Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals by Niall Ferguson

Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals by Niall FergusonWhat if there had been no American War of Independence? What if Hitler had invaded Britain? What if Kennedy had lived? What if Russia had won the Cold War? Niall Ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed The Pity of War, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into imaginary time and provides far reaching answers to these intriguing questions. Ferguson's brilliant 90 page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the

in all their grandeur

* The Four Fists: A man's life shaped by a series of punches to his face

from the Three Dynasties (2000–220 BC) to Deng Xiaoping’s opening of China and the past three decades of economic growth

a failing retailer whose shares briefly become the most-traded security on the planet and the subject of intense media coverage

with dazzling virtuosity

Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris

and discover his deep dark secret

The birth of quantum computers – which

but whatever he is

having a parent in jail

One boy takes Lennie out of her sorrow

then to the underworld