The History of the World by Emma Marriott

The History of the World

In Bite-Sized Chunks

by Emma Marriott

Michael O’Mara Books, 2012, [First Edition], ISBN 9781843178866, lightly illustrated with maps, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, scribble in orange pencil to front and back endpapers, one or two marks to covers; dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions (see photographs)

“This book is nothing less than a pithy yet comprehensive guide to everything we need to know about the world’s major historical events, from ancient civilizations to the end of the Second World War.  Whether interested in the empire of Alexander the Great or the flowering of the Carthaginian Republic and its destruction by Rome, the rise of the Arab caliphates or China’s Tang Dynasty, the American Civil War or the emancipation of women, or the rise and fall of fascism and Communism, readers will find the essential facts in this equally essential book”