<P><I>A History of the World in 10½ Chapters</I> tells a series of apparently unconnected stories ranging from a woodworm’s-eye-view of the journey on Noah’s Ark to an astronaut’s quest for its final resting place. <P>There is pastiche and learned disquisition; there is heart-stopping documentary and heart-lifting revelation. But these stories are not separate. <P>They are all linked by a complex weave of inquiry into history itself into love myth and fabulation. It’s about everything that matters told with brilliant imagination intelligence and humour.<P>©2007 Naxos Rights International; (P)2007 Naxos Rights International