The New Penguin History of the World

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One of the most extraordinary history bestsellers on the Penguin list, John Roberts's book has now been updated by Professor in International History at the LSE, Odd Arne Westad, to make sure it keeps its amazing appeal to a new generation of readers. 'A stupendous achievement ... the unrivalled World History for our day. It extends over all ages and all continents. It covers the forgotten experiences of ordinary people as well as chronicling the acts of those in power. It is unbelievably accurate in its facts and almost incontestable in its judgements' A. J. P. Taylor, Observer.

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John Morris Roberts CBE (14 April 1928 - 30 May 2003) was a British historian, with significant published works, well known also as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West (1985). Roberts was born in Bath, and educated at Taunton School. He won a scholarship to Keble College, Oxford, and took a First in Modern History in 1948. After National Service, he was elected a Prize Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, where he completed a doctoral thesis on the Italian republic set up during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. The Times Literary Supplement described him as "master of the broad brush-stroke". In 1953 he was elected a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at Merton College, Oxford, and in the same year went as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow to Princeton and Yale, where his interests broadened beyond European history.