The Story of India
by:
Michael Wood (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780563539155 (0563539151)
Publish date: August 16th 2007
Publisher: BBC Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Good companion to the series. Wood writes like he talks and it is more of a symbolic trip than an actually history.
An engaging history of the subcontinent, emphasizing points of overlap, borrowing, and congruence between its cultures (as well as the inevitable conflicts). India is too broad a topic for one brief book, but Wood seems to have picked his areas of focus and events to examine well. I liked it enough ...