Norman Davies C. M. G., F. B. A. is Professor Emeritus of the University of London, a Supernumerary Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, and the author of several books on Polish and European history, including God's Playground, White Eagle, Red Star, The Isles, Europe, and Microcosm.
PRAISE FOR EUROPE: A HISTORY (Shortlisted for the 1997 NCR Award)
'Books of real quality and importance are rare. Norman Davies's history of Europe is one of them. It is a brilliant achievement, written with intelligence, lucidity and a breathtaking width of knowledge... This is a book everyone should read.' A.C. Grayling, Financial Times
'A noble monument of scholarship, and all the more noble because it is so full of surprise and feeling... There are superb assessments of vastly daunting subjects.' Jan Morris, Independent
'Comprehensive, irreverent and immensely stimulating.' Michael Burleigh, Independent on Sunday
'It brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement,' Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times
'Monumental, authoritative... A book for enquiring minds of all ages, it will answer hundreds of enquiries and provoke thousands more.' Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph
'One of those great books... It deserves the greatest possible readership.' The Times