{"product_id":"book-abu1","title":"What If...? Vol 3","description":"Historians and inquisitive laymen alike love to ponder the dramatic what-ifs of history. In these never-before-published essays, some of the keenest minds of our time ask the big, tantalizing questions: Where might we be if history had not unfolded the way it did? Why, how, and when was our fortune made real? The answers are surprising, sometimes frightening, and always entertaining.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis provocative collection of essays features today's foremost historians speculating on these \"what ifs\", providing a fascinating new perspective on history's most pivotal events. The essays include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eInfectious Alternatives: The Plague that Saved Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby William H. McNeil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eNo Glory That Was Greece: The Persians Win at Salamis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Victor Davis Hanson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eConquest Denied: Alexander the Great's Premature Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Josiah Ober\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eFuror Teutonicus: The Teutoburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Lewis Lapham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Ages Made Lighter: The Consequences of Two Defeats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Barry S. Strauss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eThe Death that Saved Europe: The Mongols Turn Back\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Cecilia Holland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eIf Only It Had Not Been Such a Wet Summer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Theodore K. Rabb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* \u003ci\u003eThe Immolation of Hernán Cortés\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby Ross Hassig","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348251091248,"sku":"BDabu1","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/372918-abu1-Square.jpg?v=1734217680","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-abu1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}