A Little History of the World by Gombrich, Ernst H

     e-books can be used on all reading devices.      Immediate eBook download after purchase. Format     :   Searchable PDF, can print physical copy.Author(S) :   E. H. Gombrich, Clifford HarperDuration   :   No expiry date, Use forever.Title          :   A Little History of the WorldEdition      :   FirstPublisher  :   Yale University Press,Year          :   2008ISBN         :   030014332X,9780300143324     Description : In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited by a publishing acquaintance 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, and is now available in seventeen languages across the world.Toward the end of his long life, Gombrich embarked upon a revision and, at last, an English translation. A Little History of the World presents his lively and in