Following the success of the Vintage Classics Russians series, these are equally gorgeous editions of must-have European classics
Geert Mak is a journalist and historian, and the internationally acclaimed author of In Europe, In America, Amsterdam and The Bridge. He is one of the Netherlands' bestselling authors, has twice been awarded Historian of the Year and his books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Fascinating, informative, sometimes exhilarating, often painful,
and quite impossible to summarise... This is a splendidly panoramic
picture of our common European home, a book to read through and
then to dip into frequently... I thoroughly recommend his book
*Literary Review*
A broader travelling history of the whole of Europe's 20th
century
*Economist*
His genius as a historian is his instinct for human stories... At
moments in this monumental work... Mak is the history teacher
everyone should have had
*Financial Times*
Part masterpiece... breathtaking invention
*The Times*
An ingenious geographical-chronological structure... It's
impossible not to get drawn into this book -
*Sunday Telegraph*
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