Author Description

The fifth edition of The Times Concise History of the World is an authoritative overview of world history, presented in a readable compact format. The most accessible, concise and visual account of world history to date. Geoffrey Parker's revised text maintains the book's reputation for excellence, incorporates the latest research and seamlessly integrates expert historical narrative with over 350 maps, charts and photographs. Based on the much-acclaimed The Times Complete History of the World, this authoritative history covers the whole story of humankind from its origins to the global economy and environment of today in 80 double-page spreads of text, maps and pictures. The Concise History avoids a Eurocentric approach, offering a worldwide view of history emphasizing change, expansion and contraction, and aiming to provide 'a sense of the past as a continuing process'