Read These History Books to Broaden Your Approach
History books give the broader picture as well as the finer details.
Let’s see some of the most seminal texts on global history. These books from Bookswagon cover the moments and events that form the connective tissue between war & peace, culture and historical architecture.
War & Peace
This book is as much a story of love and adultery as it is of war and death, with a deep insight into war-stricken Russia. War and Peace is a complete picture as a contemporary reviewer put it, of everything in which people find their happiness and greatness, their grief and humiliation. War and Peace introduces you to many different characters such as the misfit,, the analytical and loner Prince Andrew, and the impulsive, lively Natasha, who plays the pivotal role and many more.
A Short History of the World
Short History of the World by H.G. Wells is a thought-provoking masterpiece. It is an immensely popular period piece that remains one of the most readable of its kind, constructed on an evolutionary, anthropological and sociological basis.
From the very beginnings of life, spanning across the age of mammals evolving into monkeys, apes and sub-men, from the Neanderthal to the early days of human adventure.
The Penguin History of Early India
It compares the religious customs, living habits etc. and gives readers a clear idea of how India was formulated to be what it is today.
Author starts from the prehistoric era and enumerates the good and the bad of every era that followed. Author Romila Thapar helps readers to visualize the formation of a nation and how it grew and flourished over generations and explores India's past quite vividly.
It also documents India like it has never been documented before and rewinds all the varieties of hue that India represented from then to now.
Ancient India
This classic Ancient India, From the Stone Age to the 12th Century book
allows the book lover to imagine and appreciate the rich and diverse relics of India's ancient past, transforming the method of discovering that past into a thrilling experience. You will find excellent illustrations of how historians compare history on their basis.
It also describes the original sources such as ancient texts, artifacts, inscriptions and coins. This is one of the complete books for graduates and post graduates.
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