The Pursuit of Glory - The Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 (Paperback)

"History writing at its glorious best."--The New York Times "A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style."--The Economist The New York Times bestselling volume in the Penguin History of Europe series Between the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Battle of Waterloo, Europe underwent an extraordinary transformatoin that saw five of the modern world's great revolutions--scientific, industrial, American, French, and romantic. In this much-admired addition to the monumental Penguin History of Europe series, Tim Blanning brilliantly investigates the forces that transformed Europe from a medieval society into a vigorous powerhose of the modern world. Blanning renders this vast subject immediate and absorbing by making fresh connections between the most mundane details of life and the major cultural, political, and technological transformations that birthed the modern age.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Penguin History of Europe
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	June 2008
Authors:	Tim Blanning
Editors:	David Cannadine
Dimensions:	213 x 139 x 40mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	707
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-311389-8
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > History > European history > General
LSN:	0-14-311389-5
Barcode:	9780143113898

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Mon, 26 Feb 2024 | Review by: Tanya K.

Informative but bland and tedious. The book is a survey of various social, economical and political aspects of various European states from 1648 at the end of the 30 Years War to the end of the Treaty of the Congress of Vienna (i.e. the final exile of Emperor Napoleon I). The narrative structure is vague and lacks some sort of overarching, cohesion. The organization of the book into thematic blocks (rather than geographically or chronologically) doesn't make for a pleasant reading experience. The various themes come across as detached from each other and it's not always clear where everything fits in and what events influence each other. The author also assumes the reader is fairly knowledgeable about this period of "European" history (i.e. mostly British with a fair amount of French and not so much Habsburg or Prussian and even less of everyone else's history). This is not a book I would recommend for the casual reader. Note: The book includes a handful of maps, but a time line would have been even more useful/helpful. There are no end notes or references, just a bibliography.

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