Europe
A New History

This is an ambitious and sweeping attempt to narrate the story of Europe from antiquity to the modern age. Having previously read Beaton’s work on the Greeks, particularly The Greeks: A Global History, I approached this text with high expectations. Beaton has demonstrated in earlier works an extraor......more

Europe: A New History presents an expansive exploration of Europe as an evolving idea rather than a fixed geographical entity. By following the concept of Europe from its origins in ancient Greece through centuries of political, religious, and cultural transformation, Roderick Beaton demonstrates how......more

Is Europe defined by geography, politics, or shared culture? Award-winning historian Roderick Beaton tells the story of Europe with a new approach; as the history of an idea, and a collective identity. over a 2500-year period. From the Greek struggles against the Persians to Russians in Ukraine, Bea......more

This was a thoroughly enjoyable book. Beaton does an excellent job tracing a through line of thought from Ancient Greece to the current war between Russia and Ukraine. Beaton is concise in his writing, but this concision does not come at the expense of depth of research. I wish this book had been 10......more

I read the first half diligently, then skim read the rest, picking out the bits I found interesting. Good to have in your library, to pick up when the mood inspires you.......more