![]() ![]() ![]() The book is a marvellous introduction to history of several things – societies, cultures, formation of countries, key individuals, wars, dynasties, science and so on. The breadth and depth of the research is breathtaking and awe inspiring to say the least. Nehru has written the book sitting in jails all from his memory without any references. How can one write world history in a series of 196 letters to his daughter? This is the approach of book. One does not know how to review this book. India’s First PM’s tome Glimpses of World History (GWH) clearly falls in the second category. His book on Indian history -Discovery of India became popular thanks to the TV series, But GWH has been broadly ignored by both scholars and TV people alike. There are books on history and there are historic books on history. ![]()
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