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What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed--and why? This is the question that the editors posed to twenty superb historians, who each wrote a personal essay in response. The result is this engrossing book, a worthy sequel to the acclaimed volume on American history, I Wish I'd Been There. From the death of Alexander the Great to the German surrender ending World War II, these essays move across a wide geography for over two millennia and deal with politics, law, religion, peace and war, science and the arts, rebellion, and social change. In addition to adding immediacy, color, and vibrancy to well-known events, they also provide fresh illuminations and interpretations of vital moments in the history of Europe.
I Wish I'd Been There®, Book Two is a marvelous idea, wonderfully and imaginatively executed. It offers a sense of the excitement, the passion, the drama, and the joys and tragedies that are the essence of history.
See the back cover for a list of contributors and the events described.
The Authors and Essays in I Wish I'd Been There®, Book Two
Josiah Ober
Tom Holland
Theodore K. Rabb
John Julius Norwich
Katherine Fischer Drew
Barbara A. Hanawalt
Lauro Martines
Geoffrey Parker August 9, 1588: The Spanish Armada (almost) Surrenders
Katherine Duncan-Jones
John H. Elliott
Mordechai Feingold
Ellen T. Harris
William McNeill
Paul Kennedy
Ross King
Richard Pipes
Margaret MacMillan
Charles A. Riley II
Freeman Dyson
John Keegan