The Martyrdom of Man

Categories: History, Religion & Spirituality

Winwood Reade's 1872 secular history of the world, tracing human civilization from ancient Egypt and the Mediterranean through Africa, the rise of religions and the growth of liberty and intellect. Reade presents history as a story of progress achieved through suffering and closes by predicting a future of science without supernatural religion.

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• Winston Churchill: “The first of these books was The Martyrdom of Man by Winwood Reade. This was Colonel Brabazon's great book... It is in fact a concise and well-written universal history of mankind.”