Reviews for Breve Historia Del Mundo/ Brief History of the World

The average rating for Breve Historia Del Mundo/ Brief History of the World based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-06-14 00:00:00 Andrew Crellen If you're into stuff like this, you can read the full review. The God of Righteousness: "A Short History of the World" by H.G. Wells The Giordano Bruno case is interesting. He was a Dominican friar. A minor authority in a minor branch of the Holy Roman Empire Church (or whatever they called it then), so no significant threat to the Pope. Until he started shooting his mouth off, claiming he understood the ways of God better than the top man, whose authority rested entirely on being the closest man to God on earth. Then he would have to be taken out, mercilessly, I would have thought.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-05-18 00:00:00 Sung Lam For Kindle users: Almost all of the works of H. G. Wells are available for free. Having realized I haven't read some of them I went on a spree and downloaded a bunch for those in-between times when the next must-read book doesn't seem to be there. This particular Wells book I have read... a few times. And now... again. From the dawn of civilization to the modern era, Wells takes the journey of civilization (and pre-civilization -- the first few chapters of the book cover geology and evolution). This tome, and if ever a volume merited the word this is it, carries you along the way with Alexander, Persian Kings, Khans, Crusaders, Chinese Emperors, Popes, French Citizens, Tsars, and Kaisers. The sweep of characters, times and places includes a wonderful vista of history, all together and seen in relation to its entirety. I carried this book around in my college days because I found it refreshing reading. It made me laugh—scratch my head—challenge the facts—and pick up some info along the way. This was so much more interesting than any other history textbooks I had come across along my educational way. Yes, it's dated. Yes, it's slanted. H. G. Wells is very Victorian in his ethics. His politics were Socialist so you will find a distinct undercurrent for a socialist world government driving the story along. He is as un-Eurocentric as you could expect for the time: Europe and the Middle East take up the majority of the book, China and India play the next biggest role, followed distantly by Africa, Australia and the Americas. The flaws are few given the task, the style is immensely readable, and the man who wrote The War of the Worlds, Time Machine, The Invisible Man and the Island of Doctor Moreau knows how to tell a story. Wells had the nerve to take on the World and the world gets a ripping good yarn with Mankind as the hero. You're part of the story; why not read it?