A History of the World
by Hugh Thomas
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The brilliant historian, whose earlier works, The Spanish Civil War and Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom, met with acclaim, now focuses his attention on world history from the origins of man to today's world.Tags
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A rather dry piece of text, this book delivers the history of the entire world within 618 pages. Naturally, this text only glides over the major highlights of history and doesn't go into depth on many of it's subjects. The narrative, though very blunt, is relatively easy to follow however tedious the information may be. This book is for the person who wants to learn world history overnight.
A personal history of the world from the pen of an excellent historian.
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Sep 23, 2020Catalan
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Hugh Swynnerton Thomas was born in Windsor, England on October 21, 1931. After studying history at Cambridge University, he worked at the British Foreign Office and was secretary to the British delegation at major disarmament talks. He lectured at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, Britain's premier officer training establishment. From 1979 show more to 1990, he served as the chairman of the Center for Policy Studies, a right-wing policy institute. He was an unofficial adviser to Margaret Thatcher during the Falklands war against Argentina, enlisted because of his deep knowledge of South America. He wrote numerous fiction and nonfiction works. His novels included The World's Game, The Oxygen Age, and Klara. His nonfiction books included Cuba: The Pursuit of Freedom, A History of the World, Rivers of Gold, The Golden Empire, and World Without End. The Spanish Civil War won the Somerset Maugham Prize in 1962. He was made a life peer in 1981 as Baron Thomas of Swynnerton. He died after having a stroke on May 7, 2017 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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dtv (10791)
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- Original publication date
- 1979
- Disambiguation notice
- UK title - An Unfinished History of the World
US title - A History of the World
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- Genres
- History, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 909 — History & geography History World history
- LCC
- D20 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania History (General) General
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- Reviews
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- (3.30)
- Languages
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 4
