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I Wish I'd Been There, Book Two: Twenty Historians Bring to Life Dramatic Events in the History of Europe
Contributor(s): Hollinshead, Byron (Editor), Rabb, Theodore K. (Editor)
ISBN: 030727764X     ISBN-13: 9780307277640
Publisher: Anchor Books
OUR PRICE:   $18.05  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Essays
- History | United States - General
- History | Europe - General
Dewey: 973
LCCN: 2007006451
Lexile Measure: 1240
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.32" W x 7.92" (0.72 lbs) 336 pages
 
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"What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?"

With lively and detailed accounts of some of the most dramatic events in history, some of our finest historical writers now turn their attention to Europe in this companion volume to I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events that Changed America.

Guided by peerless scholars such as Paul Kennedy, John Keegan, Ross King, Freeman Dyson, and Katherine Duncan-Jones, readers will be transported to the signing of Magna Carta, the Versailles Conference, the German surrender in WWII on Luneburg Heath, and other key turning points in the drama of European history. These essays encompass two millenia and an entire continent, addressing issues of politics, law, religion, peace and war, science and the arts, and social change, all telescoped into finely observed narratives. The result is an historical pageant of characters and episodes that will attract and delight all readers of history.