Product Description
Following the paths of Herodotus, Raleigh and H.G. Wells, this book surveys the story of humankind, from the dawn of man to the last years of the 20th century. This is a thematic history of the world from the dawn of time up until the Cold War, arranged under subjects such as agriculture, law, industrialization, modern warfare, etc.
The book won the National Book Award for History in 1980, & Hugh Thomas also won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1962 for his book, "The Spanish Civil War".
HARDCOVER, EDGEWEAR TO COVERS, TANNING TO PAGES.