{"product_id":"the-nine-lives-of-christopher-matthew-restall-9781324086932","title":"The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo thousand books have been written about Columbus, most of them spirited defenses or relentless attacks. Recently, the balance has shifted: the Genoese navigator, once considered a hero, is now blamed for bringing plunder and genocide to the Americas. In \u003cem\u003eThe Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Matthew Restall takes us beyond polemic, sifting through the evidence across nations, languages, and five centuries to explore the central questions of Columbiana. He demonstrates that we know a great deal about Columbus's life, and what we know shows that Columbus was not nearly as remarkable as many have assumed--or as he himself believed. But his afterlives are another story: Restall narrates the international contest over Columbus's bones and the dozens of regional and national claims on his birthplace (some turning him into a secret Jew), examines how he became an American hero and then a hero of Italian Americans, and more. The result is a kaleidoscopic account of a single man that becomes a new history of the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Restall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1324086939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781324086932\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Matthew Restall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46881038401791,"sku":"9781324086932","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd34dc29-9341-4bb7-981f-899534e8ae9b.jpg?v=1747970481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-nine-lives-of-christopher-matthew-restall-9781324086932","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}