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Encyclopedia of Events That Changed the World
Looks at crucial events in the history of the world that shaped all that came afterwards, from the rise of Buddhism to the fall of the Berlin Wall
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256 pages, Hardcover
First published October 30, 1991
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Philip Wilkinson
251 books33 followersPhilip Wilkinson (born 1955) is the author of non-fiction books for children and adults. He was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He worked as an editor prior to becoming an author.
He specializes in works on history, the arts, religion, and architecture and has written over forty titles.
He specializes in works on history, the arts, religion, and architecture and has written over forty titles.
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January 3, 2019
And so the new reading year begins although to be honest I had started a number of these last year I just had not go around to adding them on here.
Anyway- on to the book. This was bought and I will admit to being this shallow - on the grounds that it was illustrated by one of my current favourite artists Robert Ingpen. Now depending on the edition and the book it depends if he is credited as the writer, the artist or even not credited at all. Rather strange and inconsistent if you ask me.
Anyway this book is really an encyclopaedia on a range of subjects from religion to electronics. Its all fascinating stuff which yes you guessed it is amazingly illustrated by Mr Ingpen.
Now here is the surprise at least for me. Even though I bought the book for the artwork I read the book itself as well (how could I not). And in the process I was surprised to learn new things from it. Yes there were facts and stories I have seen and read before but there were also things in there I had not known. Now I will say that for a while I used to find books like this covered off very similar subjects and so felt like they were just copying each other - in some cases I discovered word for word. But not this book.
This book was wholly original and as such a real pleasure to read so not only is a great book filled with Robert Ingpens work but also a source of new and interesting facts - double winner.
Anyway- on to the book. This was bought and I will admit to being this shallow - on the grounds that it was illustrated by one of my current favourite artists Robert Ingpen. Now depending on the edition and the book it depends if he is credited as the writer, the artist or even not credited at all. Rather strange and inconsistent if you ask me.
Anyway this book is really an encyclopaedia on a range of subjects from religion to electronics. Its all fascinating stuff which yes you guessed it is amazingly illustrated by Mr Ingpen.
Now here is the surprise at least for me. Even though I bought the book for the artwork I read the book itself as well (how could I not). And in the process I was surprised to learn new things from it. Yes there were facts and stories I have seen and read before but there were also things in there I had not known. Now I will say that for a while I used to find books like this covered off very similar subjects and so felt like they were just copying each other - in some cases I discovered word for word. But not this book.
This book was wholly original and as such a real pleasure to read so not only is a great book filled with Robert Ingpens work but also a source of new and interesting facts - double winner.
October 10, 2025
I got this book as a 16th birthday present (found in clearing out my mom's house) and it holds up well. From 1990 so the last event is the fall of the Berlin Wall (with ending of what will happen to Gorbachev...) Quite Eurocentric but beside that a good overview of 80 'turning points'
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