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Comprehensive in its scope and brilliantly readable, this is a superb follow-up to the author's bestselling Penguin History of the World. Beginning with prehistory and the early civilizations of the Aegean, The Penguin History of Europe traces the development of European identity in its many guises, through the age of Christendom, the Middle Ages, early Modern history and the old European order.
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    12.83 x 3.35 x 19.71 cm
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J. M. ROBERTS was a Fellow and Tutor of Oxford University, now retired. His numerous publications include Europe 1880-1945 and The Paris Commune from the Right. In 1985, BBC2 transmitted the series The Triumph of the West, which he wrote and presented.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Press; 2 edition (4 September 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 752 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0140265619
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140265613
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.83 x 3.35 x 19.71 cm
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John Morris "J. M." Roberts CBE (14 April 1928 – 30 May 2003) was a British historian, with significant published works. From 1979 to 1985 he was vice chancellor of the University of Southampton, and from 1985 to 1994, Warden of Merton College, Oxford. He was also well known as the author and presenter of the BBC TV series The Triumph of the West (1985).

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Hussain Sarwar
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing history of Europe!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 September 2023
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This books is amazing and provides great insights into the history of Europe!
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J B Simpson
5.0 out of 5 stars I will add my main comment, which doubtless is ...
Reviewed in the United States on 29 January 2018
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I will add my main comment, which doubtless is duplicative of every review written of this book: what a remarkable achievement. The breadth and scope — a history of Europe from pre-history to nearly the present year— is remarkably ambitious, yet Dr. Roberts presents a readable, authoritative, and academically distinguished interpretation of this huge swath of human history. Nearly every sentence in this monumental work goes beyond mere recitation of fact, and providing dazzling insights across so many topics.
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Babin
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
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Sabine Beppler
5.0 out of 5 stars Ein sehr guter Überblick
Reviewed in Germany on 3 January 2017
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Bildend, spannend und interessant. Eine sehr gute Einführung in die Geschichte Europas. Von den Anfängen im antiken Griechenland bis zur Nachkriegsgeschichte.
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Will Riddle
4.0 out of 5 stars An analysis of European History
Reviewed in the United States on 28 November 2016
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The problem and the achievement of this book are one and the same: summarization. Large sections of history are covered only in a gloss. You will not find at all mentioned, for example Cardinal Mazarin, or the Duke of Marlborough. In fact, Queen Anne herself only gets a passing mention. In other words, this is not a "history" in the true sense. Reading this volume is not going to help you understand the key figures and events of European History. You would not even be introduced to various wars or players that one must be familiar with to understand European history.

What you will find, however, is a very readable analysis of the history of Europe. When treating The French Revolution, for example, he does a fabulous job at stepping away from traditional Anglo biases on the topic, explain the basic contour of what happened, and then explaining the far reaching implications. This is Roberts' special talent and it makes the book worthwhile. I found myself able to gain fresh perspective in various areas.

How does it stack up to Norman Davies? I quit Davies early on, because I didn't find it was worth the payoff. A lot more words, but not really a lot more learning. Earlier Historians of the mid-20th century, such as William H. McNeil show a now noticeably strong bias toward modernism and secularist assumptions, and so I have found myself going back to old histories before the second world war in order to find a traditional history of Europe. Roberts seems to be fairly typical of the way contemporary popular historians write: a great deal of summary. Try for example spending some time in Guizot's History of France if you want to read first class history the way it used to be written.

Roberts also does very well in his avoidance of overt bias. He clearly leaned favorably toward the French Revolution for example, but not so much so that he became an apologist. He manages to tell the story of the Russian Revolution reasonably straight down the middle as well neither lionizing or demonizing it. Roberts thinks and talks in strategic terms. His perspective is secular but not secularist. It's a solid book, even if it's not exactly a History of Europe.
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