Twitter History of the World

by Mitch Benn, Jon Holmes

Great moments in history are hilariously condensed into 140-character tweets in this amusing overview of historical events

75 key moments from history are picked and reported in tweets—those 140-character maximum bite-sized chunks that are so familiar to Twitter users—and anyone who has read a newspaper in the last six months—today. But this book is more than just a straight re-telling of history. . . Twitter is perhaps the most potent and versatile phenomenon yet thrown up by the web and the authors have created a fresh, hilarious, original and just occasionally (sort of) educational book which takes full advantage of the huge popularity of Twitter.

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2015

About the author

Mitch Benn is a British stand-up comedian, author, satirical songwriter, musician and actor. He is perhaps best known as the resident comic songwriter on BBC Radio 4's The Now Show from 1999 to 2016. As a comedian, Mitch has toured extensively in the UK and internationally over the last 20 years. Mitch's voice acting credits include Neil Gaiman's Good Omens TV series and the Sandman audiobooks. He also writes a weekly column in The New European newspaper.

Mitch has written three Sci-Fi novels. The Terra Trilogy is aimed at young readers (or adults who remember being one) and follows Terra, a human girl raised by aliens, on her adventures across the galaxy. The first two books, Terra and Terra's World, were originally published in 2013 and 2014 to wide acclaim, including glowing reviews in The Times and The Independent. Terra was also listed in The Guardian's Top 10 Sci-Fi books of the year.

The long-awaited conclusion to the trilogy, Terra's War, is available now. The first two books have also been relaunched with new cover art. The trilogy is available in paperback and ebook formats, with audiobooks to follow in the summer of 2021.

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