The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815 - 1914

The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815 - 1914

An Economist Best Book of the Year

“Sweeping . . . an ambitious synthesis . . . [Evans] writes with admirable narrative power and possesses a wonderful eye for local color . . . Fascinating.”—Stephen S…

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