A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize–winning historians Will and Ariel Durant.

In this masterful work, listeners will encounter the French Revolution from the storming of the Bastille to the guillotining of the king; the revolution’s leaders—Danton, Desmoulins, Robespierre, and Saint-Just—all cut down by the ...

"In this magnificently readable autobiography by the authors of The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant celebrate and examine a lifetime of ideas, friendships, triumphs and love.

Whatever the case, this is a chapter in cultural history one can't set aside. "Mr & Mrs Durant are admirably lucid...This is a book that can be commended very warmly."--The New York Times.

This is the ninth volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.

The Story of Civilization, Volume X: winner of the Pulitzer Prize, a history of civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the rest of Europe from 1715 to 1789.

This is the seventh volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.

A love story by murder and a comedy with horror. ". . . by turns hysterical, incoherent, and blasphemously original . . . loopy and outrageous".

This volume of the Pulitzer Prize–winning series offers a comprehensive view of European civilization during the long and powerful reign of Louis XIV.

A history of cilization in Italy from the birth of Petrarch to the death of Titian - 1304 to 1576.