{"product_id":"157529401_product","title":"Kassia St Clair - Race to the Future   The Adventure that Accelerated","description":"Pages Count - 320. Binding type - Hardcover. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this Item\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe item is a book Hardback\u003cbr\u003eThe Author Name is Kassia St Clair\u003cbr\u003eThe Title is The Race to the Future : The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCondition New\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther Comments\u003cbr\u003ePages Count - 320. Binding type - Hardcover. \u003cbr\u003eCategory - HISTORY \/ Modern \/ 20th Century \/ General\u003cbr\u003eTECHNOLOGY \u0026amp; ENGINEERING \/ Automotive\u003cbr\u003eTRANSPORTATION \/ Automotive \/ History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduct Description -\u003cbr\u003e10 June 1907, Peking. Five cars set off in a desperate race across two continents on the verge of revolution.   An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert.\r\n\r\n The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float them across rivers. Petrol is almost impossible to find, there are barely any roads, armed bandits and wolves lurk in the forests. Updates on their progress, sent by telegram, are eagerly devoured by millions in one of the first ever global news stories.\r\n\r\n Their destination: Paris.    More than its many adventures, the Peking-to-Paris provided the impetus for profound change. The world of 1907 is poised between the old and the new: communist regimes will replace imperial ones in China and Russia  the telegraph is transforming modern communication and the car will soon displace the horse.\r\n\r\n In this book bestselling author Kassia St Clair traces the fascinating stories of two interlocking races - setting the derring-do and sometimes cheating of one of the world's first car races against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological rush to the future, as the rivalry grows between countries and empires, building up to the cataclysmic event that changed everything - the First World War.    The Race to the Future is the incredible true story of the quest against the odds that shaped the world we live in today.   PRAISE FOR KASSIA ST CLAIR'Excellent, innovative and idiosyncratic history that will colour your thinking .\r\n\r\n . . St Clair writes with style, energy and knowledge' SPECTATOR'Hugely ambitious, sparklingly erudite and wonderfully engaging' PETER FRANKOPAN, HISTORY TODAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont color=\"red\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWe Use Stock Images\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause we have over 2 million items for sale we have to use stock images, this listing does not include the actual image of the item for sale. The purchase of this specific item is made with the understanding that the image shown in this listing is a stock image and not the actual item for sale. For example: some of our stock images include stickers, labels, price tags, hyper stickers, obi's, promotional messages, signatures and or writing which may not be available in the actual item.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. 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