A History of the World Through Body Parts

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History, dissected. A History of the World Through Body Parts takes the long view of human civilization through one delightfully strange lens: the bits and pieces we leave behind.

Authors Kathy and Ross Petras trace the past through the body — Charles II of Spain's infamous Habsburg jaw and the perils of royal inbreeding, what Anne Boleyn's heart reveals about the Crusades, and what a pierced tongue can tell us about an entire era. The result is a history book for people who don't usually read them, and a fresh angle for those who do.

The past, in pieces.

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