Europe: A History

Norman Davies’ seminal biography of a whole continent; ‘it brims with learning, crackles with common sense, coruscates with wit and abounds in good judgement’ - Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Sunday Times

Europe - and the question of whether to stay in or leave - has dominated British politics for the last three years. Yet how much do you really know about the Continent?

From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies tells the entire story of Europe in a single volume. Discover the most ambitious history of the continent ever undertaken.

‘Any European or world citizen should read this. History that illuminates the present day’ Big Issue