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Jenkins, Simon (Historian),

A short history of Europe : from Pericles to Putin / Simon Jenkins. - London : Viking, 2019. - 400 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm

Originally published: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom - a story that twists and turns from Greece and Rome, through the Dark Ages, the Reformation and the French Revolution, to the Second World War and up to the present day. Jenkins takes in leaders from Julius Caesar and Joan of Arc, to Wellington and Angela Merkel, as well as cultural figures from Aristotle to Shakespeare and Picasso. He brings together the transformative forces and dominant eras into one chronological tale - all with his usual insight, colour and authority.

ISBN: 9780241352526 (pbk.) : �9.99

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Europe--History.

LC Class. No.: D102

Dewey Class. No.: 940