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The spoils of time

a short history of the world

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A wonderfully bold and wide-ranging narrative of the world's defining events from the beginning of civilization to the early Renaissance. "Her style is a marvel of clarity. And, in sheer readability she is a match for any historian living or dead." --J. H. Plumb, The Sunday Times.

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Cover of: The spoils of time
The spoils of time: a history of the world from earliest times to the 16th century
2000, Phoenix Press
in English
Cover of: The Spoils of Time
The Spoils of Time: A History of the World From Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century
August 2000, Phoenix Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: The spoils of time
The spoils of time: a world history from the dawn of civilization through the early Renaissance
1985, Doubleday
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The spoils of time
The spoils of time: a world history from the dawn of civilization through the early Renaissance
1985, Doubleday
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: The spoils of time
The spoils of time: a short history of the world
1984, Collins
in English
Cover of: Spoils of Time
Spoils of Time: A History of the World from Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century
January 1984, Diane Pub Co
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Cover of: The Spoils of Time: A Short History of the World
The Spoils of Time: A Short History of the World: From the Earliest Times to the Sixteenth Century
July 5, 1984, HarperCollins Publishers
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Die ersten 5000 Jahre: Eine Weltgeschichte der Menschheit von den Anfängen bis ins 16. Jahrhundert
Publish date unknown, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag
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Includes bibliographies and index

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D20

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v. :

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OL16211521M
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ISBN 10
0002112442
OCLC/WorldCat
11105944
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331209
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OL1156913W
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