Accidental Gods: On Men Unwittingly Turned Divine

by Anna Della Subin

Book Overview

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY ESQUIRE, THE IRISH TIMES AND THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
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A provocative history of men who were worshipped as gods that illuminates the connection between power and religion and the role of divinity in a secular age

Ever since 1492, when Christopher Columbus made landfall in the New World and was hailed as a heavenly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250296870
• ISBN13: 9781250296870
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"