History text book

[Hopkirk]

It's a hell of a long time since I was at school, and I fancy reminding myself what I learned in history all those years ago.

Can anyone recommend a book to read, which doesn't delve into too much detail, but would update my knowledge?

[bobjugs12]

All you need to remember is "What have the romans ever done for us?"(watch the life of brian for that answer) and two world wars and one world cup! lol

[Hopkirk]

World cup? Is that recent history?

[maggieb66]

what history do you want industial revolution, medieval/ middle ages, 20th century histoy

[hc4361]

Here's a good set of dvds.
http://www.amazon.co....M8KU/ref=pd_cp_d_h__2

http://www.amazon.co....48I/ref=pd_sim_d_h__3

[hc4361]

And this fits the bill perfectly.

http://www.amazon.co....p=40792647&pf_rd_i=65

[Hopkirk]

The whole lot Maggie.

I was wondering what todays school children study from.

Thanks HC. I was thinking along the lines of borrowing from the local library.
I'll see what they've got.

[maggieb66]

My daughter is doing GCSE History and so far they've been learning Pre second world war, causes that sort of thing, russia and woman getting the vote