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Also by H.G. Wells:

The War Of The Worlds, May 2009
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The War in the Air, July 2007
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The Outline of History Volume 1, June 2004
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The Time Machine, January 1970
Paperback (reprint)

THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY VOLUME 1
By: H.G. Wells

Prehistory to the Roman Republic

The Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading Series
Basic Books
June 2004
On Sale: June 1, 2004
572 pages
ISBN: 0760758662
EAN: 9780760758663
Trade Size (reprint)
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The first comprehensive history of the world, The Outline of History is a vibrant synthesis of real history, told in a sweeping, panoramic style, as if it were fiction. H. G. Wells removes nationalism from the equation, creating the premier worldview of history, told from a global rather than a local point of view.

With The Outline of History Wells started a craze that lasted throughout the 1920s for copycat "outlines" on every conceivable subject. Coming right after the carnage of World War I, the Outline was neither unduly pessimistic and cynical about the human condition nor Pollyannaish about humanity's future. Instead, it offered an account of the development of the world's civilizations up to the present, showing its readers that an enlightened future depended on a clear, unprejudiced view of the past.

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