Book description
Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of the First World
War, this is a brilliantly compelling account of the evolution of life
and the development of the human race. Along the way, Wells considers
such diverse subjects as the Neolithic era, the rise of Judaism, the
Golden Age of Athens, the life of Christ, the rise of Islam, the
discovery of America and the Industrial Revolution. Breathtaking in its
scope and passionate in its intensity, this history remains one of the
most readable of its kind. H. G. Wells was a professional writer and
journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels,
histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's
prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science
fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and
progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a
truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He
was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and
action'.
