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The Pursuit of Power Summary
The Pursuit of Power
Europe 1815 - 1914
by Richard J. Evans 2016 848 pages
4.15
2k+ ratings
History
European History
Politics
Paris, 1919 Summary
Paris, 1919
Six Months that Changed the World
by Margaret MacMillan 2001 624 pages
4.13
15k+ ratings
History
Politics
World War I
To End All Wars Summary
To End All Wars
A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 – A New York Times Bestselling History of WWI Critics and Heroes
by Adam Hochschild 2011 496 pages
4.14
9k+ ratings
History
World War I
War
The Death of Democracy Summary
The Death of Democracy
Hitler's Rise to Power and the Downfall of the Weimar Republic
by Benjamin Carter Hett 2018 304 pages
4.26
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Germany
Empires and Barbarians Summary
Empires and Barbarians
The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
by Peter Heather 2009 1060 pages
3.97
1k+ ratings
History
Ancient History
European History
Shadowplay Summary
Shadowplay
Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War
by Tim Marshall 2003 320 pages
3.87
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Geography
In Search of the Dark Ages Summary
In Search of the Dark Ages
by Michael Wood 1981 272 pages
4.01
2k+ ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea Summary
Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea
Why the Greeks Matter
by Thomas Cahill 2004 304 pages
3.75
3k+ ratings
History
Greece
Ancient History
Saint Pius V Summary
Saint Pius V
by Roberto de Mattei 2021 364 pages
4.55
51 ratings
Biography
Catholic
History
Mysteries of the Middle Ages Summary
Mysteries of the Middle Ages
The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
by Thomas Cahill 2006 368 pages
3.80
4k+ ratings
History
Medieval
Religion
City of Echoes Summary
City of Echoes
A New History of Rome, Its Popes, and Its People
by Jessica WΓ€rnberg 2023 448 pages
3.60
78 ratings
History
Religion
Italy
Heretics and Heroes Summary
Heretics and Heroes
How Renaissance Artists and Reformation Priests Created Our World
by Thomas Cahill 2013 368 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
History
Religion
Art
The Myth of Nations Summary
The Myth of Nations
The Medieval Origins of Europe
by Patrick J. Geary 2001 216 pages
3.83
409 ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
Birth of the Leviathan Summary
Birth of the Leviathan
by Ertman 1997 380 pages
3.78
49 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
Citizenship between Empire and Nation Summary
Citizenship between Empire and Nation
Remaking France and French Africa, 1945–1960
by Frederick Cooper 2014 512 pages
3.93
30 ratings
History
Africa
France
Powers and Thrones Summary
Powers and Thrones
A New History of the Middle Ages
by Dan Jones 2021 636 pages
4.39
10k+ ratings
History
Medieval
European History
Reformations Summary
Reformations
The Early Modern World, 1450-1650
by Carlos M.N. Eire 2016 920 pages
4.34
461 ratings
History
Religion
European History
The Thirty Years War Summary
The Thirty Years War
Europe's Tragedy
by Peter H. Wilson 2009 997 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
History
European History
Military History
The Making of the English Working Class Summary
The Making of the English Working Class
by E.P. Thompson 1963 848 pages
4.21
3k+ ratings
History
Politics
Economics
Heart of Europe Summary
Heart of Europe
A History of the Holy Roman Empire
by Peter H. Wilson 2016 1008 pages
3.75
1k+ ratings
History
European History
Germany
The Rise of the Western World Summary
The Rise of the Western World
A New Economic History
by Douglass C. North 1973 180 pages
3.85
171 ratings
History
Economics
Political Science
Peasants Into Frenchmen Summary
Peasants Into Frenchmen
The Modernization of Rural France, 1870-1914
by Eugen Weber 1976 614 pages
4.28
403 ratings
History
France
European History
A New World Begins Summary
A New World Begins
The History of the French Revolution
by Jeremy D. Popkin 2019 640 pages
4.18
2k+ ratings
History
France
French Revolution
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe Summary
Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe
From the Ancien RΓ©gime to the Present Day
by Sheri Berman 2019 544 pages
4.13
148 ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The Familial State Summary
The Familial State
Ruling Families and Merchant Capitalism in Early Modern Europe
by Julia Adams 2005
3.91
22 ratings
Sociology
History
European History
Eight Days at Yalta Summary
Eight Days at Yalta
How Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Shaped the Post-War World
by Diana Preston 2020 416 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
History
World War II
Politics
Citizens Summary
Citizens
A Chronicle of the French Revolution
by Simon Schama 1989 948 pages
4.03
6k+ ratings
History
France
French Revolution
Germany in the World Summary
Germany in the World
A Global History, 1500-2000
by David Blackbourn 2023 800 pages
3.82
85 ratings
History
Germany
European History
The Picnic Summary
The Picnic
A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
by Matthew Longo 2024 320 pages
4.22
500+ ratings
History
Politics
European History
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