European History Book Summaries

The Great Divergence Summary
The Great Divergence
China, Europe, and the Making of the Modern World Economy
by Kenneth Pomeranz 2000 392 pages
3.69
946 ratings
History
Economics
China
Napoleon Summary
Napoleon
A Life
by Andrew Roberts 2014 976 pages
4.24
26.4K ratings
History
Biography
France
Bloodlands Summary
Bloodlands
Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
by Timothy Snyder 2010 524 pages
4.39
18.5K ratings
History
War
World War II
Atatürk Summary
Atatürk
The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey
by Andrew Mango 1999 666 pages
4.16
1.4K ratings
History
Biography
Politics
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War" Summary
Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War"
How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
by Patrick J. Buchanan 2008 544 pages
4.19
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
World War II
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789 Summary
Early Modern Europe, 1450–1789
by Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks 2006 510 pages
3.95
427 ratings
History
European History
Academic
Postwar Summary
Postwar
A History of Europe Since 1945
by Tony Judt 2005 933 pages
4.38
13.2K ratings
History
Politics
European History
The Crusades Summary
The Crusades
The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
by Thomas Asbridge 2010 784 pages
4.23
6.5K ratings
History
Religion
Medieval
Modern Times Summary
Modern Times
The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
by Paul Johnson 1983 880 pages
4.27
2.9K ratings
History
Politics
World History
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince Summary
Discovering the Hidden Wisdom of The Little Prince
In Search of Saint-Exupéry's Lost Child
by Pierre Lassus 2014 240 pages
3.31
49 ratings
Books About Books
Memoir
History
How the Scots Invented the Modern World Summary
How the Scots Invented the Modern World
The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created our World & Everything in It
by Arthur Herman 2001 480 pages
3.94
6.5K ratings
History
Scotland
Philosophy
The Invention of Russia Summary
The Invention of Russia
From Gorbachev's Freedom to Putin's War
by Arkady Ostrovsky 2015 384 pages
4.02
1.8K ratings
History
Russia
Politics
How the Irish Saved Civilization Summary
How the Irish Saved Civilization
The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
by Thomas Cahill 1995 246 pages
3.81
46.2K ratings
History
Ireland
Irish Literature
River Kings Summary
River Kings
A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Road
by Cat Jarman 2021 336 pages
4.05
3.7K ratings
History
Archaeology
Medieval
The Berlin Wall Summary
The Berlin Wall
A World Divided, 1961-1989
by Frederick Taylor 2006 486 pages
4.08
2.1K ratings
History
Germany
Politics
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1 Summary
A History of the Crusades, Volume 1
The First Crusade and the Foundations of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
by Steven Runciman 1951 394 pages
4.28
1.8K ratings
History
Medieval
Medieval History
1000 Years of Annoying the French Summary
1000 Years of Annoying the French
by Stephen Clarke 2010 685 pages
4.05
4.4K ratings
History
Humor
France
Tulipomania Summary
Tulipomania
The Story of the World's Most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions It Aroused
by Mike Dash 2000 273 pages
3.66
2.9K ratings
History
Economics
Microhistory
Medici Money Summary
Medici Money
Banking, Metaphysics, and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence
by Tim Parks 2005 288 pages
3.62
1.4K ratings
History
Italy
Economics
Vienna Summary
Vienna
How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
by Richard Cockett 2023 464 pages
3.94
365 ratings
History
Politics
Travel
The House of Medici Summary
The House of Medici
Its Rise and Fall
by Christopher Hibbert 1975 364 pages
3.87
8.3K ratings
History
Italy
Biography
Children of Ash and Elm Summary
Children of Ash and Elm
A History of the Vikings
by Neil Price 2020 656 pages
4.16
8.1K ratings
History
Medieval
European History
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise Summary
The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise
Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain
by Darío Fernández-Morera 2014 376 pages
3.79
671 ratings
History
Islam
Spain
The New Vichy Syndrome Summary
The New Vichy Syndrome
Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism
by Theodore Dalrymple 2010 160 pages
3.91
232 ratings
Politics
History
Essays
The Enlightenment Summary
The Enlightenment
A Very Short Introduction
by John Robertson 2015 147 pages
3.57
283 ratings
History
Philosophy
Religion
Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes
Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of History
by Otto English 2023 495 pages
3.92
626 ratings
History
Biography
Historical
The War That Ended Peace Summary
The War That Ended Peace
The Road to 1914
by Margaret MacMillan 2013 739 pages
4.25
7.2K ratings
History
World War I
War
The Habsburgs Summary
The Habsburgs
To Rule the World
by Martyn Rady 2020 416 pages
3.85
2.7K ratings
History
European History
Biography
Europe Summary
Europe
The Struggle for Supremacy from 1453 to the Present
by Brendan Simms 2013 720 pages
3.95
743 ratings
History
European History
Politics
The Dark Valley Summary
The Dark Valley
A Panorama of the 1930s
by Piers Brendon 2000 848 pages
4.18
593 ratings
History
European History
World History
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume III Summary
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume III
by Edward Gibbon 1788 1360 pages
4.25
1.4K ratings
History
Classics
Ancient History
Elizabeth I and Her Circle Summary
Elizabeth I and Her Circle
by Susan Doran 2015 397 pages
3.97
174 ratings
History
Tudor Period
Biography
Becoming Leonardo Summary
Becoming Leonardo
An Exploded View of the Life of Leonardo da Vinci
by Mike Lankford 2017 304 pages
4.00
315 ratings
Biography
History
Art
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior Summary
The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior
The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped
by Paul Strathern 2009 412 pages
3.97
1.3K ratings
History
Biography
Italy
Iberia Summary
Iberia
by James A. Michener 1968 960 pages
3.71
3.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Travel
Spain
The Picnic Summary
The Picnic
A Dream of Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
by Matthew Longo 2023 320 pages
4.25
353 ratings
History
Politics
European History
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