A History of Civilizations

Have had a peep inside and it looks like a fantastic read. It will be the next book on my list to read.

One of the most remarkable and comprehensive 'big picture' history books.

This book was written by Braudel as a text for final year French school students as such it is acesssible to non specialists and a testament to an astonishingly ambitous conception of a history curriculum. Covering the major civilisations of the post ancient world it is essential background reading for anyone who wants to contextualise world history and that as Braudel would argue should be everyone who studies it.

This book is often criticized for multitude of things, but none the less it really is a very good work that yields a lot of information and understanding from a single volume. And very easy to read too.

Excellent book but I read it in French and this one was for a british friend. Hope the translation was as good as the book.

Very good book.

though i need another copy of this but made me to love reading histories .

Good reading thanks.