Akron Public Library

An illustrated history of Europe, tracing the developments in politics, industry, the military, and economics from the late eighteenth century through 1995.

In this extraordinary, sweeping history, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto traces key elements of the modern world back to that single fateful year when everything changes.

A look at six great events which changed the course of history. Based on the background information, readers are then asked to decide what might happen next.

"An account of extraordinary artists and activists whose determination to live - and to create - with courage and conviction took them as far as the Spanish Civil War"-- An attempted insurrection, a country divided, a democracy threatened. It was the Spanish Civil War of 1936, surprisingly, that Sarah Watling found herself drawn to when confounded by the tumultuous politics of our present day. This was a conflict that galvanized tens of thousands...