A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War

by Keith Fisher

Book Overview

'Fascinating revelations' Max Hastings, Sunday Times

'Wonderfully detailed and colourful' Steven Poole, Daily Telegraph

'The book I have long been waiting for... Essential reading' Michael Klare

Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141999632
• ISBN13: 9780141999630
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 944 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.