The Lessons of History free pdf book download from here and if you want you can just as easily read the book online. Lessons of History is the book written by historians named Will Durant and Ariel Durant. Published in 1968, it offers a summary of historical periods and trends they observed upon finishing the 10th volume of their significant eleven-volume series, “The Story of Civilization”. The book is a brief survey of human culture and civilization. It explores the potential and constraints of humanity over time.