A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD
Book ID/图书代码： 08090014B69021
English Summary/英文概要： ’A clearly written, remarkably comprehensive guide to the greatest story on Earth - man’s journey from the earliest times to the modern day. Highly recommended.’- Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England
’Just what we all wanted but were too scared to ask for: everything that ever happened in one digestible, readable book.’- Matt Ridley, author
There is an increasing realisation that our knowledge of world history-and how it all fits together-is far from perfect. A Short History of the World aims to fill the big gaps in our historical knowledge with a book that is easy to read and assumes little prior knowledge of past events.
The book does not aim to come up with groundbreaking new theories on why things occurred, but rather gives a broad overview of the generally accepted version of events so that non-historians will feel less ignorant when discussing the past.
To help readers put events, places and empires into context, the book includes 32 maps specially commissioned to accompany the text. The result is a book that is reassuringly epic in scope but refreshingly short in length. An excellent place to start to bring your historical knowledge up to scratch!
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 要整理世界历史是个庞大而艰巨的工作。但《世界简史》则是想通过世界中发生的一些重大事件填补我们对历史知识的严重缺乏。
《世界简史》并不想来一场重大革新来告诉读者事件的发生原因，而是以一种更容易接受的方式对历史事件做了一个概述，这样普通读者也能在谈论历史的时候有话可说。
为了帮助读者将事件，地点和君王结合起来，这本书还包含了32张地图。这样读者就可以以最短的篇幅掌握最多的历史事件。如果你再也不想只对历史掌握皮毛，《世界简史》会是个很好的开始！（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“这本《世界简史》非常清晰综合，让读者了解了这个地球上曾发生的重大事件，跨度从人类进程的早期时代一直到当今实事，我个人非常推荐。”——唐•琼斯，《金雀花王朝：缔造英国的国王》
“《世界简史》介绍了所有我们想知道却又害怕去问的事情，都可以在这本书中找到答案。”——马特•瑞德里，作家
“我并不是一个历史学家，也不经常写书评，但我真的很喜欢这本书。我以前从来都不知道在欧洲人来到美国前，美国并没有马赫诸如此类的事。更重要的是，作者把历史变得有趣，读完这本书我还意犹未尽。”
About the Author/作者介绍： 克里斯托弗•拉塞尔斯出生于1971年，毕业于苏格兰圣安德鲁大学现代语言和历史专业，之后他在俄罗斯的一家出版公司工作生活了4年，彼时的莫斯科被战火包围，克里斯托弗就几乎不休息地工作。2000年，他离开了莫斯科，来到法国欧洲管理学院学习商业，后又回到英国，开始投身全球气候事业，并从事商业。克里斯托弗幼年就显示出讲故事的天赋，对革命历史及历史对当今的影响也有浓厚的兴趣。详情请见：www.lascelleshistory.comBorn in 1971, Christopher Lascelles studied modern languages and history at St Andrews University in Scotland. After graduating, he spent four years living in Russia, working for a publishing house in a period of unrest during which he saw Moscow surrounded by army tanks. Leaving Russia just before the new millennium, he studied business at INSEAD Business school in France before returning to England where he became involved in the world of climate change and start up businesses. A keen story-teller from an early age, Lascelles has always had an interest in the history of revolutions and how these have affected the world in which we live.
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