The Outline Of History Volume I

The redoubtable Henry James called H.G. Wells the most gifted writer of his age; but Wells, having coined the phrase "the war to end all war" to describe World War I, was becoming increasingly disillusioned with fiction. He embarked upon a massive project to outline nothing less than the entirety of human history, from the formation of the earth to modern times so as to remind mankind of its common past, provide it with a basis for international cooperation, and encourage the renunciation o...