{"product_id":"the-martyrdom-of-man-winwood-reade-9781410214201","title":"The Martyrdom of Man","description":"A book of the author s thoughts on the history of the world, with inclusion of some remarkable predictions for the future. Includes chapters on war - Western Asia, the Persians, Carthage and Rome, the Arabs, etc; religion - Arabian, Mecca, Israelites, the Jews, etc; liberty - Ancient Europe, the German Invasion, the Portuguese Discoveries, Abolition, etc.; and intellect. This classic work first published in 1872. Reade was an explorer and a disciple of Darwin who acknowledged that Descent of Man had left him little to say  respecting the birth and infancy of the faculties and affections'. His The Martyrdom of Man, an essay in  Universal History', dealing with war, religion, liberty, and intellect, was informed not only by Darwin, but the many other authors listed in the introduction . Reade declared his own atheism in defiance of 'the advice and wishes of several literary friends and his publisher.' The book takes us from Africa and throughout the world. Winwood Reade (1838-1875) was an atheist, traveler, and controversialist who traveled extensively through Africa, covered the Ashanti War, wrote against Roman Catholicism and other established forms of religion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Winwood Reade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1410214206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781410214201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of the Pacific\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.52h x 6.48w x 1.09d","brand":"Winwood Reade","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44064621920511,"sku":"9781410214201","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8a088566-7d31-463d-ae6f-3ff21ae592b1.jpg?v=1685396563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-martyrdom-of-man-winwood-reade-9781410214201","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}