Author Manu S. Pillai on his new book, The World: A Family History

The World: A Family History of Humanity: British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore spoke with Indian historian Manu S. Pillai about his most recent book, “The World: A Family History of Humanity.” In the book, Simon Sebag Montefiore explores how people and families have played a role in the convergences and divergences in world history. The two-part book’s first edition was released on October 27, 2022, by Hachette India. The award-winning books by international best-selling novelist Montefiore have been translated into 48 different languages.

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Both book, published by Hachette India, claims to capture the story of humankind in “a ground-breaking, single narrative that will forever shift the boundaries of what history can achieve”. Beginning with the footsteps of a family walking along a beach 9,50,000 years ago, Montefiore takes the readers on an epic journey through the families that have shaped the world, including the Caesars, Medicis, Incas, Ottomans, Mughals, Bonapartes, Habsburgs, Zulus, Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Krupps and Churchills.