THE MILL ON THE FLOSS (UNABRIDGED CLASSICS)

“One of the founders of
innovative science fiction novels, H.G. Wells was as taken up with the real
world as his imaginary realm. Dissatisfied with the quality of history books
at the end of World War I, the writer began penning his own history of the
world. First published in 1922, A Short History of the World presents a
groundbreaking study of the civilisation from the origins of the Earth
spanning the Neolithic Era, the rise of Judaism, the Golden Age of Athens,
Christ’s life, the great discovery of America to the consequences of World
War I. Inspired by Wells’s The Outline of History (1919) a work in three
volumes, beginning with Prehistory and following the world’s significant
events through World War I this condensed work chronicles the physical,
intellectual and spiritual evolution of the human race. Wells adopts a
Darwinian approach and avoids presenting history within a politicised
framework. Passionately told, A Short History of the World remains an
evergreen classic.”