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.About the AuthorJ. 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.Book InformationISBN 9780140265613Author J. RobertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 514gDimensions(mm) 197mm * 129mm * 32mm