The Outline of History - H.G. Wells

The Outline of History

By H.G. Wells

  • Release Date: 2014-04-22
  • Genre: History

Description

Finally ... a full brand new version of HG Wells' "Outline of History" with ALL figures restored!

Your Special Illustrated & Annotated edition includes:

+ All the original 200+ maps & illustrations of J.F. (Frank) Horabin restored!
+ Bibliography on H.G. Wells' Political Science since 1990 in Harvard Format  for quick Research
+ Treatise on "The Works of Mr H. G. Wells"

Herbert George Wells is perhaps most well known today for his science-fiction novels but it was "The Outline of History" that initiated a new era of popular history.

Although the harshest critics were from those who disagreed on ideological grounds, it's difficult to dismiss the depth of Wells' insights and prophetic accuracy. E.M. Forster and Beatrice Webb both praised the book on publication.

It was this very book to which G.K. Chesterton responds in "The Everlasting Man" as does Hilaire Bellock in "A Companion to Mr. Wells's "Outline of History."

"In re-living the entire life of Mankind as a single imaginative experience, Mr. Wells was achieving something which they themselves would hardly have dared to attempt ... In fact, the purpose and value of Mr. Wells's book seem to have been better appreciated by the general public than by the professional historians of the day." - Arnold Toynbee 1934

"The purpose and value of Mr. Wells's book seem to have been better appreciated by the general public than by the professional historians of the day." - Arnold Toynbee 1934

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