Spanning more than fifteen years of his remarkable career, this highly accessible collection addresses many of the issues that continue to dominate the political and cultural climate of Europe today.įrom the classical origins of the idea of Europe to the division between East and West during the Cold War from the Jewish and Islamic strands in European history to the expansion of Europe to other continents from the misunderstood Allied victory in 1945 to Britain's place in Europe from reflections on the use and abuse of history to personal recollections on learning languages - this companion volume to the bestselling Europe looks at European history from a variety of unusual and entertaining angles in an equally stimulating and accessible way. : Europe: A History (9780195209129) by Davies, Norman and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. NORMAN DAVIES This eBook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Time Capsules 201 fascinating articles interspersed throughout the narrative focus on incidents or topics as various as The Iceman of the Alps, Erotic.
Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays and lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Europe, The Isles and Rising '44. In range and ambition, the originality of its structure and glittering style, Norman Daviess Europe represents one of the most important and illuminating history books to be published by Oxford.