In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century - Hardcover

Mak, Geert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375424954 ISBN 13: 9780375424953

Publisher: Pantheon, 2007

Synopsis

A Dutch journalist crisscrosses Europe in search of the evidence of and eyewitnesses to the turbulent events of the twentieth century, drawing on personal interviews, diaries, newpaper reports, memoirs, and other sources to explore the people and places that transformed the face of Europe. 17,500 first printing.

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Review:

'a formidable achievement' -- Jan Morris,The Times

'(Mak's) artful interleaving of personal stories with epic events is a constant reminder of the epic scale of human history'
-- The New Yorker

'Fascinating, informative, sometimes exhilarating, often
painful...I thoroughly recommend his book' -- The Literary Review

'In Europe....is a compassionate exposure of a world full of
terror, hope, disaster and refinement.' -- Sunday Express

'It's impossible not to get drawn into this book.'
-- Sunday Telegraph

'Mak is a truly cosmopolitan chronicler of shame and
self-deceptions' -- David Goldblatt, Independent

'Mr Mak tells this part of the story vividly and in great, gory
detail'
-- The Economist

'The pace rarely slackens and every page sparkles with insight.' -- The Herald

800 pages were too few... Geert Mak's book is a quite brilliant
concept ... A breathtaking work
-- Sue Baker & Publishing News

A thrilling voyage through 20th-century Europe which combines
people and places, history and geography, in a compellingly original
fashion. -- Piers Brendon & Bookseller

From the Publisher:

A spellbinding history of 20th-century Europe that has the scope, pace and capacity to delight of an epic novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pantheon
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0375424954
• ISBN 13: 9780375424953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 896