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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. There is an increasing realisation that our knowledge of world history – and how it all fits together – is far from perfect. 'Just what we all wanted but were too scared to ask for: everything that ever happened in one digestible, readable book.' Dan Jones, author of The Plantagenets: The Kings Who Made England 'A clearly written, remarkably comprehensive guide to the greatest story on Earth - man's journey from the earliest times to the modern day.
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