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Title: Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517-1648
Author: GREENGRASS MARK
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 27/05/2015
Imprint: PENGUIN
Price: $35.00
Publishing status: Active
The years following the Reformation were a time of tumultuous change, as Europe was torn apart. Christendom Destroyed is the rich, compelling history of an era that saw spiritual and intellectual upheaval, savage wars and revolution, yet also the birth of Europe as we know it.
‘Succeeds brilliantly in bringing to life a vanished world that is consistently strange and surprising.’ Peter Marshall, Literary Review
‘This is impressive, big-sweep history describing a world turned on its head.’ New Statesman
‘A magisterial and authoritative work.’ Economist
‘Nothing escapes Greengrass’s fascinated gaze . . . Almost every page has a memorable nugget.’ Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
ISBN: 9780141978529
Pages: 752