A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin

by Simon Jenkins

Book Overview

A sweeping, illustrated history of Europe--a continent whose imperial ambitions, internal clashes, and existential threats are as vital today as they were during the conquests of Alexander the Great
In just a few hundred years, a modest peninsula off the northwest corner of Asia has seen the rise and fall of several empires; served as the crucible for scientific dynamism, cultural innovation, and economic revolution; and witnessed cataclysms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541788559
• ISBN13: 9781541788558
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.3"