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I Wish I'd Been There (R): Book Two: European History


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“What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?”   With lively and detailed accounts of some of the most dramatic events in history, some of our finest historical writers now turn their attention to Europe in this companion volume to I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events that Changed America.   Guided by peerless scholars such as Paul Kennedy, John Keegan, Ross King, Freeman Dyson, and Katherine Duncan-Jones, readers will be transported to the signing of Magna Carta, the Versailles Conference, the German surrender in WWII on Luneburg Heath, and other key turning points in the drama of European history. These essays encompass two millenia and an entire continent, addressing issues of politics, law, religion, peace and war, science and the arts, and social change, all telescoped into finely observed narratives. The result is an historical pageant of characters and episodes that will attract and delight all readers of history.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations Introduction by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb Josiah Ober · At the Deathbed of Alexander the Great Tom Holland · Hannibal Crosses the Alps Theodore K. Rabb · Christmas Day in the Year 800 John Julius Norwich · Venice, July 24, 1177 Katherine Fischer Drew · Magna Carta and the King’s Men Barbara A. Hanawalt · Rebel Leader Confronts King at Smithfield in 1381 Lauro Martines · Ten Thousand Brutes in Renaissance Florence Geoffrey Parker · August 9, 1588: The Spanish Armada (almost) Surrenders Katherine Duncan-Jones · The Globe Theatre, February 7, 1601 John H. Elliott · With the Prince of Wales in Madrid, 1623 Mordechai Feingold · By Fits and Starts: The Making of Isaac Newton’s Principia Ellen T. Harris · Handel Is Fired William McNeill · Frederick the Great and the Propagation of Potatoes Paul Kennedy · The Battle of the Nile Ross King · The “Uncouth Riddle” of Édouard Manet: Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe at the 1863 Salon des Refusés Richard Pipes · Nicholas II Signs the October Manifesto Margaret MacMillan · Tunnels, Territory, and Broken Promises: France Betrayed by the Anglo-Saxons? Charles A. Riley II · Backstage at the Ballets Russes with Picasso Freeman Dyson · Exorcising Aristotle’s Ghost John Keegan · The German Surrender to Montgomery at Lüneburg Heath, May 1945 Acknowledgments Illustration Credits

About the Author :
Byron Hollinshead is president of American Historical Publications, a producer of books in history for adults and for children. Previously, he was president of American Heritage Publishing Company and Oxford University Press, Inc. He was publisher of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History and Time Machine: American History for Kids, and edited I Wish I'd Been There (books one and two).   Theodore K. Rabb is a professor of history emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe and The Last Days of the Renaissance, among other books. Rabb was the principal historical adviser and commentator for the Emmy-nominated PBS series Renaissance and wrote the series's companion book, Renaissance Lives.

Review :
“These essays dazzle with their perspicacity.... History at its most engaging.”—The Washington Times“Rabb and Hollinshead have assembled a formidable array of scholars to engage in imaginary time travel.” —Financial Times“An absolutely sparkling collection: an ideal present for anyone with historical inclinations.” —Times Literary Supplement“This sound, quirky, and savory offering will kindle the imaginations of armchair historians.” —Publishers Weekly


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780307277640
  • Publisher: Random House USA Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Anchor Books
  • Height: 202 mm
  • No of Pages: 336
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Book Two: European History
  • Width: 132 mm
  • ISBN-10: 030727764X
  • Publisher Date: 02 Jun 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Weight: 297 gr


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