Europe

A History

AvNorman Davies

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Engelska, 2010

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A monumental history of people, power and ideasFrom the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. Moving seamlessly across centuries and borders, he explores politics, war, religion, culture and science to show how diversity, cooperation and conflict have forged a shared identity.A triumph of storytelling and scholarship, Europe challenges myths of East versus West and highlights the common threads of art, intellect and endurance that unite its nations. Richly detailed yet beautifully readable, this is the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken.‘Monumental, authoritative… a book for enquiring minds of all ages’ Sunday Telegraph‘A brilliant achievement ... a book everyone should read’ A.C. Grayling, Financial Times

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-09-30
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781407091792
Förlag:Vintage Publishing

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Norman Davies C. M. G., F. B. A. is Professor Emeritus of the University of London, a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and the author of several books on Polish and European history, including God's Playground, White Eagle, Red Star, The Isles, Microcosm and Europe: East and West.

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"Any European or world citizen should read this... History that illuminates the present day" -- T. S. Learner Big Issue "Books of real quality and importance are rare. Norman Davies's history of Europe is one of them. It is a brilliant achievement, written with intelligence, lucidity and a breathtaking width of knowledge... This is a book everyone should read" -- A. C. Grayling Financial Times "A noble monument of scholarship, and all the more noble because it is so full of surprise and feeling... There are superb assessments of vastly daunting subjects" -- Jan Morris Independent "Monumental, authoritative... A book for enquiring minds of all ages, it will answer hundreds of enquires and provoke thousands more" -- Noel Malcolm Sunday Telegraph "No history of Europe in the English language has been so even-handed in its treatment of east and west... Strong characterisation, vivid detail, trenchant opinions, cogent anaylsis all make this tremendous reading" Times Literary Supplement