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A Little History of the World (Little Histories) by Ernst Hans Gombrich, Caroline Mustill (Translator), Clifford Harper (Illustrator) Hardcover, 304 Pages, Published 2005 ISBN-10: 0-300-10883-4 / 0300108834 ISBN-13: 978-0-300-10883-5 / 9780300108835 With a doctorate and no job, the 25 year-old Gombrich was invited by Walter Neurath (later founder of Thames and Hudson) to attempt a history of the world for younger readers. Written in an intense six weeks, Eine Kurze Weltgeshichte für Junge Leser was first published in Vienna the same year. An im |