The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830
by:
Paul Johnson (author)
From the prizewinning author of Modern Times comes an extraordinary chronicle of the period that laid the foundations of the modern world.
From the prizewinning author of Modern Times comes an extraordinary chronicle of the period that laid the foundations of the modern world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060922825 (0060922826)
Publish date: April 24th 1992
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Edition language: English
Paul Johnson is a British journalist, a believing Catholic--and a conservative. That will put some people off--although it's notable I saw more than one review from readers who said in spite of that they found this book incisive and readable. For me it wasn't something off-putting but something I so...