A History In Fragments
Europe in the Twentieth Century
$43.74
- Paperback
736 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2002
Summary
The problem with the history of twentieth-century Europe is that everyone thinks they know it. The great stories of the century - the two world wars, the rise and fall of Nazism and communism, female emancipation - seem self-evidently important. But behind the grand narratives, the politics and the ideologies, lies another history: the history of forces that shaped the lives of individual Europeans.
That is the thrust of Richard Vinen’s magisterial survey of this uniquely destructive …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349112695 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 034911269X |
| Author: | Richard Vinen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 736 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2002 |
| Weight: | 600g |
| Dimensions: | 48mm x 132mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
Fascinating and immensely readable…often sums up key moments in soundbite phrases that imprint themselves beautifully on the memory. - GLASGOW SUNDAY HERALD
Beautifully written, and can be confidently recommended to anyone seeking to make sense of our recent history. - DAILY TELEGRAPHA master of telling fact and illuminating insight, Vinen somehow manages to be both opinionated and objective. - Andrew RobertsI admired [A HISTORY IN FRAGMENTS] very much indeed. It struck me as a tour de force, as impressive in its collation of little-known facts as in its presentation of fresh and always intelligent interpretation. - Anthony HowardRichard Vinen
Richard Vinen is a lecturer in history at King’s College, London.
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