Europe
  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407091792
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 1392

Europe

A History

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1 Jul 2010
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15 Jan 2014
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Norman Davies' seminal biography of a whole continent; 'it brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement' - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times

Europe – and the question of whether to stay in or leave – has dominated British politics for the last three years. Yet how much do you really know about the Continent?

From 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. Discover the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken.

‘Any European or world citizen should read this… History that illuminates the present day’ Big Issue
  • Published: 1 July 2010
  • ISBN: 9781407091792
  • Imprint: Vintage Digital
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 1392
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About the author

Norman Davies

Norman Davies is a supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, Fellow of the British Academy and of the Royal Historical Society, and Professor Emeritus at London University. His books include Europe: A History (a New York Times Notable Book), The Isles: A History, and the definitive history of Poland, God's Playground.

Also by Norman Davies

George II (Penguin Monarchs)
Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History
Vanished Kingdoms
Europe East and West
White Eagle, Red Star
Microcosm
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Praise for Europe

Any European or world citizen should read this… History that illuminates the present day

T. S. Learner, Big Issue

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

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

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
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