The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815

ISBN-13: 9780140166675 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 736 str.

Tim Blanning

Opis

Presents one of the most extraordinary periods in European history - from the battered, introvert continent after the 30 Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon. This title explores an era of unprecedented change, growth and cultural, political and technological ferment that shaped societies.

Recenzje

The Penguin History of Europe series ... is one of contemporary publishing's great projects New Statesman

O autorze

Tim Blanning is the author of a number of major works on eighteenth century Europe, including The Pursuit of Glory : Europe 1648-1815, The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture and Joseph II. He is Emeritus Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and a Fellow of the British Academy. His latest book, Frederick the Great, won the British Academy Medal 2016.