About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney Groundswell Speaker 2024 or written: an underground civilization

or written: an underground civilization of nonhuman creatures

'Mesmerising

even on balconies

boardrooms

he is drawn into a corrupt double life

About Time: A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks by David Rooney Groundswell Speaker 2024 or written: an underground civilization'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World in Twelve Maps' Not merely an horologist's delight, but an ingenious meditation on the nature and symbolism of time keeping itself' Richard Holmes The measurement of time has always been essential to human civilization, from early Roman sundials to the advent of GPS. But while we have one eye on the time every day, are we