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I wish I'd been there, book two : European history / edited by Byron Hollinshead and Theodore K. Rabb.

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New York : Doubleday, c2008.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0710/2007006451.html

xi, 318 p. : ill, map ; 25 cm.

What is the scene or incident in European history that you would like to have witnessed--and why? This is the question that the editors posed to twenty superb historians, who each wrote a personal essay in response. The result is this engrossing book, a worthy sequel to the acclaimed volume on American history, I Wish I'd Been There. From the death of Alexander the Great to the German surrender ending World War II, these essays move across a wide geography for over two millennia and deal with politics, law, religion, peace and war, science and the arts, rebellion, and social change. In addition to adding immediacy, color, and vibrancy to well-known events, they also provide fresh illuminations and interpretations of vital moments in the history of Europe.--From publisher description.

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