Centuries Of Change

The world has experienced many stupendous and sometimes horrifying changes, in each of the 10 centuries leading up to 2000AD. This erudite book tries to work out which one was most affected and comes up with an answer that most people would probably agree with.

The author, historian Ian Mortimer, wrote the bestselling guides to medieval and Elizabethan England a few years ago. Now we get a world guide over a much longer period, and it is sometimes less easy to read than the other two.