I Wish I'd Been There (R)
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"What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed-and why?"
With lively and detailed accounts of some of the most dramatic events in history, some of our finest historical writers now turn their attention to Europe in this companion volume to I Wish I'd Been There: Twenty Historians Bring to Life the Dramatic Events that Changed America. Guided by peerless scholars such as Paul Kennedy, John Keegan, Ross King, Freeman Dyson, and Katherine Duncan-Jones, readers will be transported to the signing of Magna Carta, the Versailles Conference, the German surrender in WWII on Luneburg Heath, and other key turning points in the drama of European history. These essays encompass two millenia and an entire continent, addressing issues of politics, law, religion, peace and war, science and the arts, and social change, all telescoped into finely observed narratives. The result is an historical pageant of characters and episodes that will attract and delight all readers of history.
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Byron Hollinshead is president of American Historical Publications, a producer of books in history for adults and for children. Previously, he was president of American Heritage Publishing Company and Oxford University Press, Inc. He was publisher of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History and Time Machine: American History for Kids, and edited I Wish I'd Been There (books one and two).
Theodore K. Rabb is a professor of history emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe and The Last Days of the Renaissance, among other books. Rabb was the principal historical adviser and commentator for the Emmy-nominated PBS series Renaissance and wrote the series's companion book, Renaissance Lives.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1 - At the Deathbed of Alexander the Great
- Chapter 2 - Hannibal Crosses the Alps
- Chapter 3 - Christmas Day in the Year 800
- Chapter 4 - Venice, July 24, 1177
- Chapter 5 - Magna Carta and the King's Men
- Chapter 6 - Rebel Leader Confronts King at Smithfield: in 1381
- Chapter 7 - Ten Thousand Brutes in Renaissance Florence
- Chapter 8 - August 9, 1588: The Spanish Armada: (almost) Surrenders
- Chapter 9 - The Globe Theatre, February 7, 1601
- Chapter 10 - With the Prince of Wales in Madrid, 1623
- Chapter 11 - By Fits and Starts: The Making of Isaac: Newton's Principia
- Chapter 12 - Handel Is Fired
- Chapter 13 - Frederick the Great: and the Propagation of Potatoes
- Chapter 14 - The Battle of the Nile
- Chapter 15 - The "Uncouth Riddle" of Édouard Manet:: Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe at the 1863 Salon: des Refusés
- Chapter 16 - Nicholas 2 Signs the October Manifesto
- Chapter 17 - Tunnels, Territory, and Broken Promises:: France Betrayed by the Anglo-Saxons?
- Chapter 18 - Backstage at the Ballets Russes with Picasso
- Chapter 19 - Exorcising Aristotle's Ghost
- Chapter 20 - The German Surrender to Montgomery at: Lüneburg Heath, May 1945
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
- Copyright
