Europe East and West
Author(s): Norman Davies
Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays and lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed "Europe, The Isles and Rising '44." Spanning more than fifteen years of his remarkable career, this highly accessible collection addresses many of the issues that continue to dominate the political and cultural climate of Europe today. In "Europe East and West", Davies argues for a comprehensive view that challenges Western stereotypes and no longer ignores the history and experience of Eastern Europe. He shows that the conventional exclusion of Central and Eastern Europe has led to serious shortcomings in our understanding of one of the most crucial episodes of European history, namely the Second World War. The essays confront prevalent distortions and prejudices; taken together, they also form a meditation on the art of history writing itself. First published 2006.
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A new collection of essays from one of Britain's most renowned and respected historians - a companion volume to the bestselling Europe.
"All sorts of unsettling questions spring to mind, and the comforting, received versions of what happened in those years that some of us grew up with and grow old in, appear alarmingly wide of the mark."
-"Spectator"
Praise for "Europe: A History"
Short-listed for the 1997 NCR Award
"Books of real quality and importance are rare. Norman Davies's history of Europe is one of them."
-"Financial Times"
"A huge, heroic book . . . After Davies, it will never be possible to write a history of Europe in the old way again."
-"London Review of Books"
Norman Davies C.M.G., F.B.A. is Professor Emeritus of the University of London, a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and the author of several books on Polish and European history, including God's Playground, White Eagle, Red Star, Europe, The Isles and Rising '44.
General Fields
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- : Vintage
- : Pimlico
- : 0.496
- : 31 July 2007
- : 234mm X 154mm X 27mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Norman Davies
- : Paperback
- : en
- : 940
- : 352
- : 16pp b/w illustrations