The Europeans: Three Lives and the Making of a Cosmopolitan Culture

by Orlando Figes

Book Overview

From the "master of historical narrative" (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work--the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture.

The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented artistic achievement. It was also the first age of cultural globalization--an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming the barriers of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1627792147
• ISBN13: 9781627792141
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"