A Short History of the World
Publisher Description
A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by H. G. Wells first published by Cassell & Co, Ltd Publishing in 1922. It was first published in Penguin Books in 1936. It was republished under Penguin Classics in 2006. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.
Customer Reviews
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Keep in mind this was written in 1922
I have, and read, his full 2 book set on History of the World. Actually 3 books, book the third was written by another author because Wells died. I love history, read a lot in my almost 7 decades on the planet. His is one of my favorites.
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Recap
Concise and what I would expect from HG
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Interesting
Learned some things that weren't taught in history class