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Original Title:	Glimpses of World History
ISBN:	0143031058 (ISBN13: 9780143031055)
Edition Language:	English

Glimpses of World History

Jawaharlal Nehru

Paperback | Pages: 1193 pages

Rating: 4.28 | 1708 Users | 121 Reviews

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Title	:	Glimpses of World History
Author	:	Jawaharlal Nehru
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 1193 pages
Published	:	May 7th 2004 by Penguin India (first published 1934)
Categories	:	History. Nonfiction. Cultural. India. World History

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On New Year's Day, 1931, Jawaharlal Nehru began a remarkable series of letters on the history of the world to his daughter, Indira, then, thirteen years old. Over the next thirty months, Nehru wrote nearly two hundred letters in this series, which were later published as Glimpses of World History.

With its panoramic sweep and its gripping narrative flow, all the more remarkable for being written in prison where Nehru had no recourse to reference books or a library, Glimpses of World History covers the rise and fall of empires and civilizations from Greece and Rome to China and West Asia; great figures such as Ashoka and Genghis Khan, Gandhi and Lenin; wars and revolutions, democracies and dictatorships.

Glimpses of World History is a broad coverage of the history of humankind through Nehru's eyes.

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Nehru paints the landscape of History with his fertile imagination, sharp intellect, humane insights, and an agile mind that jumps from the present to the past, seamlessly blending the histories of great nations, from their glorious pasts, through episodes of turmoil and decline, and eventual re-shaping, in a breathtaking sweep; all the while portending the future, with scientific curiosity, sagely wisdom, literary pomp, and thrill of an intrepid explorer.

Picked up this one randomly.. may be it was the sheer volume or the glorifying title that attracted me to it. But watever it was thankful, that i got it and read it. Nehru's brilliant intellect, deep humanity and lucid style make The Discovery of India essential reading for anyone interested in India, both its past and its present. and more importantly the way it sees the history of the world.. the view may sound biased to some.. But to find that the book is actually a combination of letters

Before this I have read only one book of world history and that was world civilization by E.M. Burns. That book mostly focused on the culture of Europe and its war and its consequence and about its civilization. In that book there very little space was for the civilization of China, Japan or India and even of Russia. But this was really a good one having detailed history of China. The purpose of the book was to make Indira Gandhi aware of the history of the world and I think it might have been

One of the best book i have ever read. You will be astonished by the vastness and depth of Jawaharlal nehrus knowledge. He wrote these letters with historical references without any reference, from his notes and memory. The great values kept by Nehru can be seen throughout this book. This book created in me a interest to study about world history. History which used to be a boring subject in school with dates suddenly started becoming too interesting. A must read book for all.

Wonderful book. "Glimpses" is a bit of an understatement though. It's quite exhaustive and very beautifully explained. There is hardly a page of this enormous book that is dull. The essays bring out Nehru's interest and understanding of human history, culture, world affairs and social movements. It brings out his idealism, his love of knowledge, of freedom, of democracy and of lifting the masses out of misery. One can see his socialist leanings and despise of capitalism rising out of the bad

I read this book because one of my best teachers recommended it to me. I must say I enjoyed this book though I conveniently picked other books and procrastinated it at times. The reason was the book's format was not very pleasing to the eye. Nehru does intend to take you through the beginning of time to the then current political scenario of the world. He does it very briefly and ofcourse leaps from one time to another, one field to another, but by the end gives you a proper panoramic view of

An excellent book!!! For some of us one fo the most terrible lessons is history.U can learn the history of the world without being tired.Because it is written as a letter from a fother to his daughter.the most important point of this book is justice.nehru has written this book with a great justice.He even talks about the great britain without any unpleasent word.I think he`s a great indian historician.