--- title: "The New Penguin History of the World" author: "J.M. Roberts" rating: 4 date_read: null shelves: ["reference"] tags: [book, goodreads] status: "reference" format: "" pages: 1264 reviewed: True isbn: ="9780141030425"--- # The New Penguin History of the World **Author:** J.M. Roberts **Date Read:** **Rating:** 4/5 **Bookshelves:** reference ## My Review One of the first history book to take a holistic view of 'history' itself...starting with pre-history, JM Roberts, a renowned Oxford historian takes us through early human history and some basic anthropology too. Of his own admission, he has tried to focus on currently relevant, and often ill-known issues rather than the hackneyed 'revolutions' of Europeans and Americans. Easy read, and informative.