Glimpses of World History: Being Further Letters to His Daughter Written in Prison, and Containing a Rambling Account of History for Young People
by Nehru, Jawaharlal
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- very good
- Hardcover
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Glimpses of World History, a book written by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1934, is a panoramic sweep of the history of humankind. It is a collection of 196 letters on world history written from various prisons in British India between 1930-1933. The letters were written to his young daughter Indira, and was meant to introduce her to world history. The letters start off with one he sends to his daughter on her birthday.
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- Mainly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 052114
- Title
- Glimpses of World History: Being Further Letters to His Daughter Written in Prison, and Containing a Rambling Account of History for Young People
- Author
- Nehru, Jawaharlal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- General History; India;
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