About the Author

Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. He has written and edited more than thirty books on war and dictatorship in the 20th century, including ‘The Bombing War: Europe 1939 to 1945’, winner of a Cundill Award for Historical Literature in 2014, ‘A History of War in 100 Battles’, and most recently ‘The Oxford Illustrated History of World War Two’. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2001 he was awarded the Samuel Eliot Morrison Prize for his contribution to military history.

Reviews

“This is one of the great works of historical reference in the English language. If you were allowed only one history book in the whole of your life, The Times Complete History of the World would be hard to beat because it conveys a sense not only of time, but also of place.”
Niall Ferguson, Professor of History, Harvard University.“Wonderfully told history, brilliant graphics and maps, comprehensive and utterly accessible. In the internet age, proof positive that this reference book still has the edge by a considerable margin.”
Jon Snow