{"product_id":"the-martyrdom-of-man-9781773238012","title":"The Martyrdom of Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Winwood Reade (1838 - 1875) was a British historian, explorer, and philosopher. His major work, \u003cem\u003eThe Martyrdom of Man\u003c\/em\u003e (1872), is a secular history of the Western world. According to one historian, the book became a kind of \"substitute bible for secularists\". In it, Reade attempts to trace the development of Western civilization in terms analogous to those used in the natural sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Martyrdom of Man\u003c\/em\u003e was a history of the world from an entirely new viewpoint, and was a prominent freethinking text of the late Nineteenth century. It is not an exaggeration to say that it provided a view of History as revolutionary as Darwin's view of Science - an entirely new and non-religious way of looking at the subject. It was very popular and influential on publication in the 1870's and long after - Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells and George Orwell were all heavily influenced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Must Have Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50647006904594,"sku":"9781773238012","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6145eb70-ad20-46a0-bbaa-949c05bfdd09.jpg?v=1733192410","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-martyrdom-of-man-9781773238012","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}