A Short History of the World

H. G. Wells compressed the story of the planet and its people into a single readable volume, beginning long before human beings and ending within his own century. The scale is the point. Short chapters move from geological time to early life, the first civilisations, empires, religions, revolutions and the industrial age, each written as connected narrative rather than a list of dates. Wells was a novelist before he was a historian, and the prose shows it: causes are explained, periods are linked and the reader is carried forward. Fingerprint Publishing issues this edition for general readers and students. Where the book helps: • One continuous account of world history in brief chapters • Coverage running from the earliest life on Earth to the modern era • Narrative explanation in place of dense date-by-date reference • This edition published by Fingerprint Publishing Useful for students, general readers and anyone wanting a broad overview before specialising, available at Boipoka.