I Wish I'd Been There (R): Book Two: European History (I Wish I'd Been There, Two, 2) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 030727764X ISBN 13: 9780307277640

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009

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"These essays dazzle with their perspicacity.... History at its most engaging."--The Washington Times"Rabb and Hollinshead have assembled a formidable array of scholars to engage in imaginary time travel." --Financial Times"An absolutely sparkling collection: an ideal present for anyone with historical inclinations." --Times Literary Supplement"This sound, quirky, and savory offering will kindle the imaginations of armchair historians." --Publishers Weekly

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“What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?”

 

With lively and detailed accounts of some of the most dramatic events in history, some of our finest historical writers now turn their attention to Europe in this companion volume to I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events that Changed America.  

Guided by peerless scholars such as Paul Kennedy, John Keegan, Ross King, Freeman Dyson, and Katherine Duncan-Jones, readers will be transported to the signing of Magna Carta, the Versailles Conference, the German surrender in WWII on Luneburg Heath, and other key turning points in the drama of European history. These essays encompass two millenia and an entire continent, addressing issues of politics, law, religion, peace and war, science and the arts, and social change, all telescoped into finely observed narratives. The result is an historical pageant of characters and episodes that will attract and delight all readers of history.

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• Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 030727764X
• ISBN 13: 9780307277640
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Herausgeber: Hollinshead Byron, Rabb Theodore K.