Gunpowder: An Explosive History by Clive Ponting

Gunpowder: An Explosive History

Clive Ponting

256 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history informative mysterious medium-paced
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For many, gunpowder is associated with Guy Fawkes and the attempt to blow up parliament on 5 November 1605. Fewer people know that the formula for gunpowder was in fact discovered more than 1,000 years ago - in China - and by accident.Known as 'fi...

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