The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (The Penguin History of Europe)
ISBN-13:
9780143113898
ISBN-10:
0143113895
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Tim Blanning, David Cannadine
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
752 pages
Category:
France
,
European History
,
Military History
,
Civilization & Culture
,
World History
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ISBN-13:
9780143113898
ISBN-10:
0143113895
Edition:
Illustrated
Author:
Tim Blanning, David Cannadine
Publication date:
2008
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Format:
Paperback
752 pages
Category:
France
,
European History
,
Military History
,
Civilization & Culture
,
World History
Summary
The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (The Penguin History of Europe) (ISBN-13: 9780143113898 and ISBN-10: 0143113895), written by authors
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"History writing at its glorious best."--The New York Times
"A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style."--The Economist
The New York Times bestselling volume in the Penguin History of Europe series
Between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of Waterloo, Europe underwent an extraordinary transformatoin that saw five of the modern world's great revolutions--scientific, industrial, American, French, and romantic. In this much-admired addition to the monumental Penguin History of Europe series, Tim Blanning brilliantly investigates the forces that transformed Europe from a medieval society into a vigorous powerhose of the modern world. Blanning renders this vast subject immediate and absorbing by making fresh connections between the most mundane details of life and the major cultural, political, and technological transformations that birthed the modern age.
"A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style."--The Economist
The New York Times bestselling volume in the Penguin History of Europe series
Between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of Waterloo, Europe underwent an extraordinary transformatoin that saw five of the modern world's great revolutions--scientific, industrial, American, French, and romantic. In this much-admired addition to the monumental Penguin History of Europe series, Tim Blanning brilliantly investigates the forces that transformed Europe from a medieval society into a vigorous powerhose of the modern world. Blanning renders this vast subject immediate and absorbing by making fresh connections between the most mundane details of life and the major cultural, political, and technological transformations that birthed the modern age.
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