History is intimidating. While we can measure the interplay of molecules in a test tube and declare it chemistry, or observe events in parliament and declare it politics, history is everywhere and nowhere. It’s the shadow of today, picking up the pieces of the present and casting them into the infinite well of the past. As a result, reading history is intimidating. Where on earth do you start? The exact book choices don’t matter. The joy comes in charting one’s own voyage through history, with one book leading to the next like stepping stones across a pond. It’s not about ‘completing’ sections of history, but instead watching it unfold before you, and being amazed at the stranger-than-fiction stories that occur. This books delivers all the aspects, and is suitable for children, adults and a must for home library.
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Sachin Srivastava
Sachin Srivastava lives in Pune, India growing grey hair in the midnight sun with Deepa, his writing partner and wife, his parents. He enjoys writing and creating with his wonderful wife. This book does an excellent job of reframing the reader’s sense of history, from one of an endless string of dates and names, to a collection of compelling stories that tell of our collective past. It serves as a canvas in which to place more in-depth explorations.
