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Instant History pulls together all the pivotal moments in modern history into one concise volume. Each page contains a discrete 'cheat sheet', which tells you the most important facts in bite-sized chunks, meaning you can become an expert in an instant.

From the Boston Tea Party to the Cold War, the Grand Tour to the Great Depression, the Industrial Revolution to the Russian Revolution, every key event, character or turning point is expressed in succinct and lively text and graphics.

Perfect for the knowledge hungry and time poor, this collection of graphic-led lessons makes history interesting and accessible. Everything you need to know is here.

Instant History: Key thinkers, theories, discoveries and concepts explained on a single page

The Renaissance in Europe * The Kings and Queens of England * The Wives of Henry VIII * The Works of Shakespeare * The Defeat of the Spanish Armada * The US Constitution * The Presidents of the USA * The British East India Company * The French Revolution * The Battle of Waterloo * Queen Victoria's Reign * The American Civil War * The Abolition of Slavery * Charles Darwin and The Voyage of the Beagle * The Industrial Revolution * Louis Pasteur Finds a Cure * The Discovery of Antarctica * The Causes of the American Civil War * Captain James Cook and Australia * The Invention of the Light Bulb * The Invention of the Car * The Wright Brothers' First Flight * Women's Suffrage * The Sinking of the Titanic * The Causes of World War I * The Battle of the Somme * The Russian Revolutions * Mussolini and the Rise of Fascism * The Hindenburg Airship Crash * The Great Depression * The Causes of World War II * The Evacuation of Dunkirk * The Attack on Pearl Harbor * The D-Day Landings * VE Day Celebrations * Hiroshima * Atomic Bomb * India and Pakistan Gain Independence * Mao and Communist China * The Start of the Korean War * Pele's World Cup Performance * The Cuban Missile Crisis * Martin Luther King's Speech * The Vietnam War * The Assassination of JFK * Beatlemania * The Moon Landings * The Famine in Ethiopia * The Explosion of Challenger Spacecraft * Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster * Tiananmen Square Massacre * The Fall of the Berlin Wall * The Release of Nelson Mandela * The Death of Princess Diana.