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Biographical note
Arthur Cotterell was principal of Kingston College. His previous books include The Minoan World, The Penguin Encyclopaedia of Ancient Civilizations, The Pimlico Dictionary of Classical Mythologies: Greece, Rome, Persia, India and China, and Chariot: The Astounding Rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine.Excellent short guide to China's stupendous past...helps us to understand its fateful present
Education
A knowledgable and comprehensive survey... Both scholarly and readable, it brings each era to life
Sunday Times
A thorough, popular survery of Chinese civilization from Peking Man to Deng Xiaping. To cover such a large subject in a balanced way is a daunting task and Cotterell has aquitted himself well
Times Higher Educational Supplement