Popular European Historical Books
Find historical books written by authors from Europe for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (297)
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On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge EN
EnglandDescription:
Book I in The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, "On the Shores of the Great Sea" focuses on the civilizations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea from the time of Abraham to the birth of Christ. Brief histories of the Ancient Israelites, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Scythians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans are given, concluding with the conquest of the entire Mediterranean area by Rome. Important myths and legends that preceded recorded history are also related. Suitable for children ages 9 and up to read to themselves and for children as young as 6 as a read-aloud. The Story of the World ser... continue
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On War by Carl von Clausewitz EN
GermanyDescription:
This abridged edition of On War by Beatrice Heuser, using the acclaimed translation by Michael Howard and Peter Paret, selects the central books in which Clausewitz's views on the nature and theory of war are developed.
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Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall EN
ScotlandDescription:
Presents a history of England, Scotland, and the collective British Empire, which includes areas of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and India; and begins with the stories of Albion and Brutus and ends with the life of Queen Victoria.
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Pale Rider : The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it Changed the World by Laura Spinney EN
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The author traces the pandemic that killed up to 100 million people, from India to Brazil, from Persia to Spain, and from South Africa to Ukraine. She demonstrates that the Spanish flu was a very significant event in creating the modern world.
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Papaya Salad by Elisa Macellari EN
ItalyDescription:
The debut graphic novel from Thai-Italian illustrator Elisa Macellari, Papaya Salad tells the story of her great-uncle Sompong who found himself in Europe on military scholarship on the eve of World War II. A gentle and resolute man in love with books and languages, in search of his place in the world, Sompong chronicles his life during the war and falling for his wife, finding humor and joy even as the world changes irrevocably around him This Winner of the 2019 Autori di Immagini Silver Medal in the Comics category tells the human story of the War, from a perspective not typically seen. "An ... continue
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Patimă şi desfătare by Constanţa Vintilă-Ghiţulescu RO
RomaniaDescription:
Cartea Constanței Vintilă-Ghițulescu este o istorie a lucrurilor mărunte, revelată de lectura caleidoscopică a documentelor din arhivele secolelor al XVIII-lea și al XIX-lea. Cititorul este îndemnat de autoare să intre într-un joc inedit: beneficiarul unei cantități impresionante de informații istorice, poate să-și imagineze el însuși trecutul. De pildă, mirosurile care ieșeau din simigerii, din pitării și din cuhniile caselor boierești. Gustul bucatelor, aromele condimentelor, culorile zaharicalelor. Textura mătăsurilor din care se croiau veșmintele orientale. Larma și muzic... continue
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Perfume : The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind EN
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'Born in sweaty, fetid eighteenth-century Paris, Genouille is distinctive even in infancy. He has "the finest nose in Paris and no personal odour". With wit, a Gothic imagination and considerable originality, Suskind has developed this simple idea into a fantastic tale of murder and twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity . . . Clever, stylish, absorbing and well worth reading' Literary Review
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Pierre and Luce by Romain Rolland EN
FranceDescription:
Paris, 1918: Amidst the cries of fanatic patriots bent on war, a tender relationship slowly develops between two young Parisians, beginning with a first shy encounter and growing into a passionate love that in the end falls victim to the psychological and physical destruction all around them. --- The great French writer Romain Rolland (1866-1944, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 1915) wrote his famous tragic love story "Pierre and Luce" at the end of World War I. Its protagonists recall the lovers of classical antiquity as well as those of the Middle Ages.
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Povȩsti de seară pentru fete rebele : 100 de viȩti de femei extraordinare by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo EN
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A fost odată… o prințesă? Ei bine, nu! A fost odată o fetiță care voia să ajungă pe Marte. A fost o alta care a devenit cea mai bună tenismenă din lume, dar și o alta matematician și filosof. De la Elisabeta I la Malala Yousafzai, de la Amelia Earhart la Frida Kahlo, de la Marie Curie la Coco Chanel, 100 de femei extraordinare sunt portretizate în această carte de către 60 de ilustratoare din toată lumea. Regine, inventatoare, pictorițe, scriitoare, partizane, femei astronaut sau prim-ministru… modele de curaj, de perseverență și de generozitate pentru toți aceia care vor s... continue