{"product_id":"how-the-tricolor-got-its-stripes-by-dmytro-dubilet-9781800817609","title":"How the Tricolor Got Its Stripes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA sparkling tour through the stories of the symbols we know so well\u003c\/em\u003e - Tim Marshall\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStarting with flags that we know, this captivating history explains the origins and hidden meanings of flags, taking a chatty but always entertaining path through this universal subject.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach chapter starts with a well-known flag and shows how that flag led to a number of other flags. For example, how the French tricolour led to the red, white, and green tricolour of Italy, and then to a host of other tricolours in different parts of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of the over 200 colour illustrations feature alternative versions of existing flags - the flags that might have been - such as the red Canadian maple leaf between two bands of blue, representing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis entertaining and very likeable history of flags was written by Ukrainian businessman and ex-cabinet minister Dmytro Dubilet and first published in Ukrainian six months before the start of the Ukrainian-Russian war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833150689516,"sku":"9781800817609","price":45.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4276183482829.jpg?v=1758440718","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/how-the-tricolor-got-its-stripes-by-dmytro-dubilet-9781800817609","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}