A Short History of the World by H.G. Wells - A Masterpiece on World History | Human Civilization | Wells’ Perceptive Exploration of Evolution of Society | Historical Overview | Educational Read | Historical Events | Must-read for History Enthusiasts

A good read.

Okay

The book covers All the important Things Occurred in the past, The language used in the book simple, Understanble for history Beginners

The book was good

Good product

About the quality of printing: Good book, there are few grammatical and spelling errors in the printing. Overall quality of pages and printing is fine. No pages were missing. About the book: If you’re interested to know about the History of Europe more than any other region then this is a great book for that. Covers very little about India. Doesn’t even consider Hinduism as worth mentioning as a religion. Only talks about Christians, Islam and Buddhism. Overall a quick short summary of the vast historical events.

I bought A Short History of The World by HG Wells published by Fingerprint Classics. The book was written almost a 100 years ago but is still relevant today. The author began right from the beginning of the universe with the most reliable science available during his day. Any error is highlighted by a superscript and an annotation is added at the end using reliable information in accordance with recent research. There are errors in dates too and are also highlighted and corrected at the end but it is unlikely that the reader will be troubled by these errors. The author took us right from the beginning of civilization and left at the end of World War 1 with the creation of the League of Nations and even predicted another world war. The book was written from a sociological, anthropological and scientific perspective. It provides a general overview of world history ,a framework necessary for the study of a particular period of history or the history of a particular country. The primary goal of the author is to "meet the needs of the busy general reader who wishes to refresh and repair his faded or fragmentary conceptions of the great adventure of mankind". There is a paucity of details and if the reader is interested to explore further, he can avail himself of the inextinguishable source of information from other books about that particular period of history he wishes to peruse. This edition is replete with black and white pictures but often they are irrelevant with the context of the chapter. In short, I thoroughly enjoyed the book inspite of the shortcomings of this edition by Fingerprint Classics. The author's writing skills is lucid and impeccable. There are also chapters about Ashoka the Great and The Buddha. My pet peeve with this cheap edition: In the course of my perusal, I had discovered at least 20 printing errors which is irksome. However that did not much serve as an impediment. I would advise others to go for another edition by a different publisher.

A book of history that’s worth reading to understand the past…

Interesting take on history.

This is a great book. Easy to read and very understandable. It enhanced my thought of the subject written. Recommend to all.

Very interesting

Ok book for a kids book report but really not relevant for modern era - Bible is more contemporary - relevant even when reading about history . Love HG WELLS nonetheless

Very dated information as you can find in some authors that can only see their own point of view. That anyone could seriously support the ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny theory that was based upon hand made drawings that were woefully inaccurate shows a lack of critical thinking. Some of the later information was helpful, but the authors depreciation of the Middle Ages shows some lack of vital info. "The Victory of Reason" by Rodney Stark sheds much light on that era.