European History
The grand halls of power and humble village squares of Europe have witnessed centuries of revolutionary ideas, epic conflicts, and cultural transformations that shaped our modern world. Here you'll find compelling accounts of emperors and peasants, intellectual movements and social upheavals, from ancient times through the Cold War and beyond.
European History Book Summaries
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
History
Economics
China
Napoleon
A Life
History
Biography
France
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
History
War
World War II
Atatürk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
History
Biography
Politics
The Crusades
The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
History
Religion
Medieval
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
History
Politics
European History
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
History
Politics
World War II
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789
History
European History
Academic
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1
The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
History
Medieval
Medieval History
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
History
Italy
Biography
How the Irish Saved Civilization
History
Ireland
Irish Literature
Children of Ash and Elm
A History of the Vikings
History
European History
Medieval
The Berlin Wall
August 13, 1961 - November 9, 1989
History
Germany
Politics
River Kings
A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
History
Archaeology
Medieval
1000 Years of Annoying the French
History
Humor
France
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
History
Islam
Spain
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
History
Scotland
Philosophy
The War That Ended Peace
The Road to 1914
History
World War I
War
Iberia
Historical Fiction
Travel
Spain
The Invention of Russia
The Rise of Putin and The Age of Fake News
History
Russia
Politics
The Wolf Age
The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
History
European History
Travel
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
History
Philosophy
Religion
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
History
European History
Biography
The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective
History
Economics
British Literature
The Philosophy of the Enlightenment
Philosophy
History
Theory
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
History
European History
Politics
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
History
European History
World History
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
Politics
History
Cultural
The World According to Cunk
An Illustrated History of All World Events Ever
History
Humor
Comedy
The Tigress of Forlì
Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici
History
Biography
Italy
The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
History
Politics
World History
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
History
Biography
Tudor Period
The Age of Capital, 1848–1875
History
Politics
Economics
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire
History
Classics
Ancient History
The Age of Empire, 1875–1914
History
Politics
World History
The Scramble for Africa
The White Man's Conquest of the Dark Continent from 1876 to 1912
History
Africa
World History
Blood and Iron
The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
History
Germany
European History
The Romans
A 2,000-Year History
History
Ancient History
Roman History
1494
How a Family Feud in Medieval Spain Divided the World in Half
History
Spain
Politics
Industry and Empire
The Birth of the Industrial Revolution
History
Economics
European History
The Third Reich in Power
History
World War II
Germany
The Sleepwalkers
How Europe Went to War in 1914
History
World War I
War
The Coming of the Third Reich
History
World War II
Germany
The Ottomans
Khans, Caesars and Caliphs
History
Middle East
European History
Russia and the Russians
A History
History
Russia
Russian History
Adriatic
A Concert of Civilizations at the End of the Modern Age
History
Travel
Politics
The Medici
Godfathers of the Renaissance
History
Biography
Italy
In Europe's Shadow
Two Cold Wars and a Thirty-Year Journey Through Romania and Beyond
History
Travel
Romania
Why Did Europe Conquer the World?
History
Economics
European History
