"A Little History of the World" by the great historian and art critic E.H. Gombrich is a worldwide bestseller translated into dozens of languages. It is a concise and engaging account of the entire history of humanity in forty chapters, covering the period from the Stone Age to the Atomic Age. Gombrich describes wars and revolutions; great works of art; and scientific breakthroughs, as well as the dead ends encountered by scholars. He is interested in everything, from cave paintings to the fall of the Berlin Wall, and everyone, from Confucius to Churchill.
This book is for anyone interested in exploring world history, art, and culture. It is for adults who want to take a broad look at world history, teenagers who need to prepare for an exam in a couple of hours, and curious children who are encountering the past of the world they will one day inhabit for the first time.
Author: E.H. Gombrich
Pages: 408 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 221x168x35 mm
