Description: Explore the fascinating world of European history with "The Pursuit of Glory: Europe, 1648-1815. Five Revolutions that Made Modern Europe," by Tim Blanning.Illustrated paperback book, part of the Penguin History of Europe Series.2007. 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.
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Book Title: Pursuit of Glory : Europe, 1648-1815
Book Series: The Penguin History of Europe Ser.
Item Length: 9.3 in
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 1.7 in
Personalized: No
Features: Illustrated
Topic: Modern / 18th Century, Europe / General
Item Width: 6.3 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2007
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 2000s
Author: Tim Blanning
Genre: History
Item Weight: 40.1 Oz
Number of Pages: 736 Pages