'The true fairy tale of the evolution of mankind.' -Die Zeit The book displays a breadth of knowledge.'- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Using vivid imagery, storytelling and sly humor, brings history to life in a way that adults as well as children can appreciate. But it is a work one can quickly come to love. 'This is an unusual work for Yale: a children's history originally published 70 years ago. is a treasure for them.'-Katie Haegele, Philadelphia Inquirer For adults, it is full of delightful reminders as well as forgotten or never-known tidbits. Gombrich contextualizes them all and gives the vast unfolding of the Western world one wise, simple narrative. 'The book is intellectually valuable, and unusual rather than breaking history into eras or artificial categories. 'This 'little history' has aged amazingly well.'- New York Times Book Review suffuse every page of the Little History.'-Amanda Vickery, Guardian Review 'Gombrich opens with the most magical definition of history I have ever read. He uses powerful imagery to convey the sheer length of time that separates us from the dinosaurs.'-Andrew Roberts, FT Magazine 'Gombrich knows precisely how to converse with his audience, intelligent children between nine and thirteen. excels in creating a sense of the continuities of history - the ways in which human nature has not budged over the millennium, and the smallness of the differences between people. a marvellous antidote to history without chronology: the whole experience of human history, from prehistory to the Second World War, compressed into a flowing narrative. Intelligent adults will read it for themselves and regain contact with the spirit of European humanism at its best.'-Anthony Grafton, Wall Street Journal Lucky children will have this book read to them. 'In simple, vivid prose, Gombrich surveys the human past from pre-history to his own time. He paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests of grand works of art of the advances and limitations of science of remarkable people and remarkable events, from Confucius to Catherine the Great to Winston Churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the Berlin Wall.įor adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, Gombrich's Little History enchants and educates. Gombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on Earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age. Rather than focusing on dry facts and dates, E. 'All stories begin with 'Once upon a time.' And that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time.' So begins A Little History of the World, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old. Gombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages

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