World History: From the Ancient World to the Information Age

Philip Parker

Dec 2019 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Joan Walker

About this audiobook

A truly global view of history covering over 350 of the world's most important turning points. This is an essential audiobook for every history buff.

World History is the most accessible guide to the history of human civilization, covering the Neanderthals, the Assyrian Empire, Chinese dynasties, Vikings, World War I, apartheid, the rise of ISIS, and everything in-between. This remarkable audiobook offers the most up-to-date coverage of global history, up to and including the Arab Spring, global terror, Russia and Ukraine, and the rise of populism in the EU.

Historical moments and movements from across the globe are brought to life.. Follow humanity's journey and discover all the key thinkers, leaders, ideas, and inventions that shaped the modern world.

Joan Walker has narrated over one hundred and fifty audiobooks, as well as appearing in over 500 plays on BBC radio. Joan has won awards for her voiceover work, including the Golden Earphones from AudioFile USA plus the American Library Journal Best Audio of 2016, narrated an array of documentaries, created voices for animations and video games and is the voice of audio guides in some of the greatest art galleries and museums in the world.

© 2017 Philip Parker © 2019 DK Audio

Ratings and reviews

I'm not sure what exactly I was expecting, but this wasn't it. This is literally reading a textbook aloud in a Ben Stein like monotone. I find history interesting, but this became background noise and I could only listen to half of it before completely giving up. It reminds me of the "bad" history teachers in school who just made you memorize dates and names.

About the author

Philip Parker is a writer, consultant and publisher specializing in ancient and medieval political and military systems. He studied history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is the author of A History of Britain in Maps (2016), the DK Eyewitness Companion Guide to World History (2010) and many more. He was the general editor of Anova's Great Trade Routes (2010), and winner of a Certificate of Merit for the Mountbatten Maritime Award in the Maritime Media Awards 2013. As a publisher he ran The Times books list, including works on ancient civilizations and The Times History of the World.

He lives in London with his partner and daughter.