Synopsis
From humanity’s origins on the African Savannah to the state of the world after September 11, 2001, The New Penguin History of the World offers a magisterial sweep through time and history. Completely updated and revised by preeminent historian J. M. Roberts, this volume features ninety up-to-date maps, new sections, and extremely well-written and accessible articles throughout. Truly global and comprehensive, it succeeds in conveying the staggering diversity of the human experience across a vast range of climates and conditions. This is the one book for anyone interested in the variety and grandeur of history’s march.
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J. M. Roberts (1928–2003) was warden of Merton College, Oxford, and one of our greatest contemporary historians.
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A work of outstanding breadth of scholarship and penetrating judgments. There is nothing better of its kind. -- Jonathan Sumption, Sunday Telegraph
Anyone who wants an outline grasp of history, the core of all subjects, can grasp it here. -- The Economist
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