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Praise for the Brief History series:
'This book is brilliant. Utterly, utterly brilliant. Apart from the epilogue, which is idiotic' JEREMY CLARKSON 'Witty, entertaining and slightly distressing . . . You should probably read it' SARAH KNIGHT 'In dark times, it's reassuring to learn that we've always been a bunch of clueless f*cking nitwits' STUART HERITAGE 'If you ever find yourself looking at the news and wondering how humanity has got so many things wrong, over and over again, this book is a very funny answer to just that question' MARK WATSON 'A light-touch history of moments when humans have got it spectacularly wrong . . . Both readable and entertaining' TELEGRAPHReview Quotes: Superb ... entertaining ... Phillips traverses this sprawling terrain with energy and charm.--The Telegraph