The late Arnold Toynbee was Director of Studies at the Royal
Institute of International Affairs and Research Professor of
International History at the University of London and author of
numerous other books, including Mankind and Mother Earth: A
Narrative History of the World.
The late D.C. Somervell was a teacher at Tonbridge School in
England.
"Of all the books published so far in this century, the one most
assured of being read a hundred years from now is A Study of
History."--Clifton Fadiman
"Somervell has performed his chosen task--a labor of
love--extremely well....A remarkable achievement."--The New York
Times Book Review
"Somervell's abridgement is an amazingly accurate version of the
original."--New York Herald Tribune
"If...[you] have time for only one book during this year--and the
next and the next--Somervell's abridgement of Toynbee's Study of
History should be that book."--The Nation
"A veritable masterpiece of erudition and one of the most
suggestive, stimulating and inspiring studies of this age."--Los
Angeles Times
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
