A Concise History of the World

by J.M. Roberts and Peter Lawrence

Book Overview

When Oxford published J. M. Roberts's History of the World last year, it was immediately acclaimed as a classic. Writing in The Observer, A. J. P. Taylor called it "a stupendous achievement...the unrivalled world history of our day." The Christian Science Monitor greeted it as a "landmark book....Highly readable...intelligently organized, insightful, and balanced." And The Sunday Telegraph declared, "There is nothing better of its kind."
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195211510
• ISBN13: 9780195211511
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

Good book

I first used this book in an Advanced Placement interdisciplinary high school course. If you are looking for a comprehensive and accurate retelling of history, this is a great source.

Very well-written and insightful!

This history book is as great as its predecessor (J.M. Roberts' A History Of The World) except it is less voluminous. It tells the same facts in less space. The essays are rather epic, while including all essential facts! A great buy!

Outstanding! Buy it!

Well-written, well-organized, with a good balance of focus both on events and on underlying trends and causes. Many new insights (for this reader at least). I am not a history buff but have been totally absorbed in this book since opening it.