The Pursuit of Power
Europe: 1815-1914

I've enjoyed Richard Evans' series on the Third Reich, I appreciate both his writing style and his analysis. But tbh this latest huge tome of his was a nasty slog for me. Maybe it comes down to the material, especially first half of 19th century European history is less interesting to me? There's a......more

This renowned British historian shows in this history of Europe in the 19th century that - despite our national differences - our continent has a common history, in which most developments were part of an unifying thread: the quest for power This book appeared as part seven in the new series Penguin......more

This book is everything I could have hoped for from the title and was what I expected to find. A history of Europe following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, which are widely seen as an ‘18th Century conflict’ to the start of the First World War which swept away the old world and introduced a new more......more

Richard J. Evans' The Pursuit of Power recounts the European century between Waterloo and World War I. Evans (author of The Third Reich trilogy) affords readers a remarkably comprehensive look at post-Napoleonic Europe, teeming with anxious statesmen and traumatized peoples barely recovered from two......more

This is a good solid book. It takes a multidisciplinary perspective to trace the arc of European politics from the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo to the outbreak of World War I. The book focuses on important areas, such as the evolution of government structure, economic change (among the most import......more