The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome Medieval First published in 1613

First published in 1613

manuscript illuminations

and insertions in Dickens’s own hand

The Teaching of Ptahhatp

With quirky and compelling illustrations and chapters including ‘Lady Broughton’s “Miniature copy of the Swiss Glaciers”’

The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome Medieval First published in 1613A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own. This is the first volume in a bold series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to