
A Little History of the World
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Narrated by:
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Ralph Cosham
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By:
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E. H. Gombrich
In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, twenty-six-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Amazingly, he completed the task in an intense six weeks, and Eine kurze Weltgeschichte für junge Leser was published in Vienna to immediate success. It is now an international bestseller and available in almost thirty languages across the world.
In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of man from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science. This is a text dominated not by dates and facts but by the sweep of mankind’s experience across the centuries, a guide to humanity’s achievements and an acute witness to its frailties. The product of a generous and humane sensibility, this timeless account makes intelligible the full span of human history.
©1985 DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag GmbH und Co. KG, Cologne, Germany. English translation 2005 Leonie Gombrich (P)2006 Blackstone Audio Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"A lovely, lively historical survey....A fine conception and summarizing of the world's checkered past for young and old." (Kirkus Reviews)
"A remarkable book, written in an amiable, conversational style....This resurrected history deserves reading for all its delights." (The New York Times)
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Ralph Cosham is the perfect narrator for this, so much so that I kept confusing him in my mind with the author.
A note about that religious history: in the context of an already short book, Gombrich's discussion of non-Western religious traditions is by no means skimpy: it's an outline, but a relaxed and anecdotal outline, and it shows a decidedly sympathetic and open mind.
Graceful story, perfect narrator
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I hope to re-listen soon!
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Fantastic summary of world history from pre history to world war 2
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I highly recommend this book.
Enjoyable
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This is such a lovely book
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a fun read
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At some point, you will forget that you are reading a history book. It feels like you're watching a movie of some sort.
I couldn't put down this book.
Will read it again for sure.
Superb
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Let us hope we can all (as suggested by the music) “make the world a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race”...
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Fun and easy to listen to.
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