Recommended history books?

Question

I recently read the Times History of the World and loved it. I have always had an interest in history so can any of you recommend:

A) Similar books that cover a large period of history

B) Historical biographies (particularly those about leaders ie Napolean,)

Cheers

Answer 1

I highly recomend The history of Britain trilogy
by Simon Schama

but here are a few others you may find interesting

Young Stalin
by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Alexander the Great
by Robin Lane Fox

1421 The Year China Discovered America
by Gavin Menzies

Napoleon: The Emperor of Kings
Max Gallo

Answer 2

Safeman,
for your category "B" (Historical Biographies) may I recommend the following:

1. George Washington - by Douglas Southall Freeman.

2. John Adams - by David McCullough.

3. Panzer Leader - by Heinz Guderian (His memoirs - particularly enjoyed the parts where he confronted Hitler, lived to tell about it - imprisoned to Nuremburg and then is released from there in 1948).

4. The Great Repbulic - by Sir Winston Churchill (great sense of humor mixed in the pages of the important history of the Free World).

5. Stonewall Jackson - by Lt. Col. G.F.R. Henderson, C.B. (1854 - 1903). If you enjoy military tactics, strategy, and character you will love this book (two volumes in one book). The thing I like about this book is the proximity to the American Civil War (aka The War Between the States) when it was written. The fact that Col. Henderson was Brittish and a very professional soldier gives the reader the feel of "being" there but in a critical fashion. The book was not written by a Southerner or Northerner - a professional soldier from another country.

I have more I can share with you - and hopefully this helped for now.

Gerry :)))

Answer 3

This
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_of_History

and this
2000: James McClellan III and Harold Dorn, Science and Technology in World History: An Introduction

Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com