A history of the twentieth century. Vol. 1 1900-1933 - Martin Gilbert

From Britain's 'greatest living factual historian' (Paul Johnson, Evening Standard), the first volume of the history of the world in the twentieth century.

Martin Gilbert is the undisputed master of narrative history - with an extraordinary ability to muster detailed facts into rich and compelling prose. His three-volume history of this century, of which this volume is the first, will tell the gripping story of a century which has witnessed staggering technological change, scientific advances, cultural and artistic achievements, and brutal war on a scale never seen before.

Gilbert's book gives a staggering picture of the way in which the century unfolded and underlines how unpredictable and open to chance our recent history has been.