Come along for a trip through history from the stone-age to the digital age.

History… It's just one thing after another, right? Wrong - I'm packed with thousands of years of bloody battles, glorious empires, revolting revolutions, monstrous monarchs, and more.

Want to meet the movers, shakers, and gods of Ancient Greece. Go on a shopping spree in a medieval town? Log onto Captain Cook's blog about his voyages of discovery? Or chart the progress of World War II from inside Churchill's bunker? Then get ready to take a rip-roaring ride into the past.

Ignore me and you're history.

• Paperback
• 304 pages, including Index
• ISBN: 9781405349321

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