* "Books of real quality and importance are rare. Norman Davies' history of Europe is one of them. It is a brilliant achievement, written with intelligence, lucidity and a breathtaking width of knowledge. This is a book everyone should read." -- A. C. Grayling, Financial Times * "A noble monument of scholarship, and all the more noble because it is so full of surprise and feeling. There are superb assessments of vastly daunting subjects.
" --Jan Morris, Independent * "Monumental, authoritative. A book for enquiring minds of all ages, it will answer hundreds of enquires and provoke thousands more." --Noel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph * "No history of Europe in the English language has been so even-handed in its treatment of east and west. Strong characterisation, vivid detail, trenchant opinions, cogent anaylsis all make this tremendous reading." -- Times Literary Supplement.