The World: A Family History of Humanity
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The World: A Family History of Humanity
| Author | Simon Sebag Montefiore |
|---|---|
| Published | 2022 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Simon Sebag Montefiore’s single-volume history of humanity organised around families and dynasties rather than nations, moving between continents in each era — an interleaved structure that makes simultaneity visible in a way region-by-region histories cannot. |
The World — A Family History of Humanity
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this came out of; the full recovered list lives there.
What links here
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