Two historians manage to write world history so that the reader understands more. One is primarily concerned with violence, sex and power struggles. The other writes mostly about water.
Donald Trump and his heirs are one of the last families in Montefiore’s history. Photo: Mark Lennihan, AP/ NTB
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Published: 07.01.2024 08:00 | Updated: 07/01/2024 08:59
I have the impression that most people who set out to write world history flirt with the fact that it is really an impossible task. Still, there are many who try.
For history buffs in the post-war generation, Carl Grimberg’s 22-volume “Menneskenes liv og historie” was a door opener into world history. It became a bestseller. Now the books are on the scrap heap of history, the entire work is sold for a couple of hundred marks on Finn.
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2024-01-07 07:59:48
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