# The World That Never Was

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- Authors: [Alex Butterworth](https://www.bookquiver.com/alex-butterworth)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2011-03-03

## Description

The last years of the nineteenth century saw the birth of a new phenomenon: international terrorism. Bombings and assassinations shook the great cities of Europe and America, threatening social order. Fiendish networks of anarchist conspiritors were blamed and the public whipped into a frenzy of anxiety. The reality was rather different. These dramatic events were only the most visible part of a longer, clandestine struggle waged between the forces of revolution and reaction, in which little was as it seemed. Alex Butterworth interweaves group biography, cultural history and meticulous detective work to create a revelatory account of the age. Both intimate and panoramic, it is a story with uncanny resonances for today.

## Editions

### The World That Never Was

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-0738-675-5
- Pages: 544
- Published: 2011-08-09
- Language: en_US

### The World That Never Was

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9955-192-8
- Pages: 560
- Published: 2011-03-03
- Language: en_GB