Hands of Time

by Rebecca Struthers

ISBN: 9781529339031

Published: 2023-04-27

A 40,000-year journey through the history of time from an extraordinary watchmaker and historian *A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* '5/5 A true joy. A work of staggering complexity and bewildering economy.' Telegraph 'A rattling, wonderful, decidedly non-nerdy read.' Observer 'Every page glitters' Spectator 'Mesmerising' New Statesman 'An exquisite book, as beautifully put together as one of the watches Rebecca Struthers describes with such eloquence... What a very wonderful book.' STEPHEN FRY 'Absolutely gorgeous. It blew my socks off' JAY BLADES 'An intensely personal, finely-tuned meditation. A beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL 'Beautiful, bewitching and brilliant' LARA MAIKLEM ______________________ In Hands of Time watchmaker and historian Rebecca Struthers welcomes us into the hidden world of watchmaking, and to a history of time that spans centuries and continents. The invention of timepieces was more significant for human culture than the printing press, or even the wheel. They...