Penguin History of Europe The Pursuit of Glory, (Paperback)

from billiecat

I was looking forward to cracking this open as it covers a period that informal readers of history (like me) don't have a lot of familiarity with. Unfortunately, while adequate, the book did not dazzle me as I had hoped. Partly, I think, this is a problem of scope. A book that covers the period f...

from jorgearanda

A broad book with a curious structure: its built around topics (such as transportation, or palaces, or art) and discusses their status and evolution throughout the period from roughly 1650 to 1815. The result is a set of separate pieces; the job of the reader here is to assemble them, and it's no...

from niklin

In this narrative of the history of Europe from the Westphalian peace settlement, until the battle of Waterloo, Tim Blanning manages to put in almost everything. He goes threw the state and development in every field conceivable such as agriculture, trade, religion, rulers, palaces, science, the ...

from Caomhghin

A lovely book. A relatively light read but covers so many aspects of life in the long eighteenth century with just enough detail and constant revealing surveys. Blanning makes no attempt to simplify the period as he constantly makes it clear that it was as diverse as any other century, but in its...

from niklin

In this narrative of the history of Europe from the Westphalian peace settlement, until the battle of Waterloo, Tim Blanning manages to put in almost everything. He goes threw the state and development in every field conceivable such as agriculture, trade, religion, rulers, palaces, science, the ...