The Pursuit of Power is a book by a historian at the height of his powers and an essential book for anyone trying to understand Europe, then or now.
Sir Richard J. Evans is President of Wolfson College, Cambridge and Provost of Gresham College. Until 2014 he was the Regius Professor of History at Cambridge University. His previous books include In Defence of History, Telling Lies about Hitler, The Coming of the Third Reich, The Third Reich in Power and The Third Reich at War. He was knighted in 2012.
Highly impressive ... chronicles a turbulent and confusing century
with wonderful clarity and verve ... transnational history at its
finest ... more complete but also much more fascinating than most
histories of the period -- Gerard Degroot * The Times *
Splendid ... a traditional framework, perhaps, but one whose
enduring value is confirmed by Evans's fine scholarship -- David
Bell * Financial Times *
Dazzlingly erudite and entertaining ... He brings together an
almost impossibly vast range of material (bear-hunting in Hungary,
trade unions in Dorset, the wars of Italian unification) in a
sweeping narrative underpinned by a persuasive central theme ... he
handles his immense body of material with enviable subtlety and
skill. -- Dominic Sandbrook * The Sunday Times *
This is a scintillating, encyclopaedic history, rich in detail from
the arcane to the familiar. The canvas is vast and so much is now
known about the period, thanks to a profusion of historical
writing, that giving shape to the material must have been a
daunting task. Yet Evans has risen to the challenge splendidly.
The Pursuit of Power mixes political, social, economic,
cultural and intellectual history to give a richness of texture and
presence that the existing major accounts of the century - many of
them written at a time when high politics, great men and
balance-of-power diplomacy were what counted as history - were
unable to deliver. To achieve that blend and yet retain coherence
marks this volume as a veritable tour de force... for anyone who
wants to discover just how entangled Europe's history is, there can
be no better starting point than The Pursuit of Power. --
Richard Overy * New Statesman *
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