2279 The Spoils of Time: A World History from the Dawn of Civilization through the Early Renaissance, by C. V. Wedgwood (read 22 Mar 1990) Wedgwood is a marvelously easy historian to read. This book is only 362 pages, and thus covers in paragraphs what I have read books on. But really it was good, anyway. This may be because I have not read a similar treatment in some time. She spends considerable space on Chinese and Indian history, about which I know so little. Her treatment is obviously episodic, as she follows a roughly chronological method. Well-worth reading. I think she is a superlative historian. I regretted that this book has no bibliography. ( )