George Weidenfeld Bücher

Traces milestones in history from the plays of Shakespeare in 1601 to the westernization of Russia under Peter the Great in 1698.

Traces milestones in history from the Crimean War of 1854 to the publication of Sigmund Freud's treatise on dreams in 1900.

Includes material on Louis XIV, the South Sea Bubble, Ch'ien-lung, emperor of China, the War of the Austrian Succession, the first performance of Handel's Messiah, Henry Fielding and Tom Jones, Denis Diderot and his encyclopedia, the Lisbon earthquake, the French and Indian War, James Cook in the South Pacific, the first partition of Poland, James Watt and his steam engine, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence, the French Revolution, Eli Whitney and the cotton gin, and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte.

Traces milestones in history from the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 through the opening of Japan to international trade in 1854.