About the Author

Peter Wilson is the GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull and the author of books on Württemberg and on the Holy Roman Empire.

Reviews

Succeeds brilliantly ... His scholarship is remarkable, his prose light and lovely, his judgements fair
*Sunday Times*

An ambitious and accomplished account, abreast of modern scholarship, has been overdue, and EUROPE'S TRAGEDY supplies it all admirably
*Literary Review*

Magisterial ... a wise, wide-seeking account, tenaciously researched
*The Times Literary Supplement*

A history of prodicious erudition ... a definitive account has been needed, and now Peter Wilson has provided it
*Wall Street Journal*

A wonderfully comprehensive and detailed account
*Sunday Telegraph*