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By Julian Shea in London | China Daily | Updated: 2018-10-30 10:33

From Left: Nikita Kruschev, Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh at a banquet in Beijing marking the 10th anniversary of the People's Republic of China. CHINA DAILY

Jones says this is exactly the response he was hoping for.

"For me, the watchword was always 'accessibility' - apart from a few images of scenes like Nazi concentration camps and dead bodies, this is a book my 9-year-old child can dip into. I think it's suitable that it could go into any secondary school library, and anyone with an interest in modern history would enjoy it, and in the case of topics such as Chinese history, come away feeling they've really learned something from it."

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so everyone will have their own favorite image from the book, but for the authors, things are not so clear - or, one could say, black and white.

"My favorite image still has to be the Lewis Powell one, that started the whole project off," Jones said. "That's what gave me the first hit, when something short-circuited my brain between the age of the photo and the immediacy of the gut reaction it produced. I knew this was something special."

"I can't really choose one," Amaral said. "The picture of the nine kings (nine European monarchs gathered together at the funeral of British King Edward VII in 1910) took me such a long time to complete that when it was finished, it was very special, but choosing just one out of all these amazing pictures? It's like asking me to choose a favorite child."

The Colour of Time: A New History of the World, 1850-1960 is published in the UK by Head of Zeus.

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