Author:Geert Mak,Liz Waters
'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial Times
From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.
How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?
In this illuminating book, Geert Mak - one of Europe's best-loved commentators - charts the seismic events that have shaped people's lives over the past twenty years. He moves through the rocky expansion of the EU, the aftermath of 9/11 and terrorist attacks across Europe, the 2008 financial crash and the euro crisis, and on to the rise of right-wing populism and Brexit.
Like no other, Mak blends history, politics and culture with the stories and experiences of the many Europeans he meets on his travels. He brings this continent to life, and asks: what role does Europe now play, and how might we face our fresh challenges together?
'A powerful, humane and serious mind' Guardian
'Mak is a truly cosmopolitan chronicler' Independent
Instinctively cosmopolitan, Mak sweeps over his home continent in a colourful, convivial sprawl well captured in Liz Waters' pacy translation.
—— Financial TimesCompelling... Anecdotal nuggets sparkle on every page.
—— EconomistAbsorbing... an illuminating odyssey... Mak is an astute observer.
—— Piers Brendon , Literary ReviewA gripping, richly peopled, epic narrative... In stunning prose and drawing on staggering research, Elkins uncovers the reality of routine and ruthlessly violent suspension of law and militarized policing as imperial personnel and practices moved from crisis to crisis around the globe
—— Priya Satia, author of Time's Monster: How History Makes HistoryIn nothing was the British Empire more successful than its skilful concealment of the violence that it unleashed across the globe, over centuries. Caroline Elkins' Legacy of Violence is a laudably ambitious attempt at unearthing this hidden legacy, the bitter fruits of which are becoming more and more visible every day
—— Amitav Ghosh, author of The Nutmeg’s CurseIlluminating and authoritative... The repression and violence Elkins narrates on an epic scale matters because they continue to reverberate tragically in our global present
—— Priyamvada Gopal, author of Insurgent EmpireA work of deep archival achievement that creates a historical argument that is courageous and ambitious... This is a text for our times
—— Homi Bhabha, Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of the Humanities, Harvard UniversityA thumping great study by a heavyweight academic historian
—— Robbie Millen , The Times, *Books to Look Out For 2022*A clear, incisive account of the way in which the British maintained public order in the colonies through 'lawful lawlessness'... An exceedingly valuable book on the dark side of the British Empire
—— Wm. Roger Louis, Editor-in-Chief of Oxford History of the British EmpireLegacy of Violence is a formidable piece of research that sets itself the ambition of identifying the character of British power over the course of two centuries and four continents... this history could not be more timely
—— Tim Adams , ObserverLegacy of Violence...is deeply researched... a powerful, compelling read
—— Rana Mitter , Financial TimesFascinating... [Legacy of Violence] is a harrowing read, and one that brings the violence of empire sharply into focus
—— Alex von Tunzelmann , BBC History MagazineVividly written... [Elkins] brings together...episodes in order to draw out what she sees as their commonalities in British imperial doctrine
—— John Darwin , Times Literary Supplement[Elkins'] magnum opus... Elkins' achievement is to chronicle how makeshift responses to rebellion evolved into a chillingly standardised playbook for the use of force
—— Erik Linstrum , History TodayLegacy of Violence is beautifully written and follows through on its arguments doggedly... This is an important book that deserves to be read by everyone who wants to understand and argue against the current attempt to reinvigorate the romance of the British Empire
—— Socialist WorkerA dark, riveting book... her [Elkins'] method is what gives the book its intensity
—— New Statesman, *Books of the Year*Fascinating... a real page-turner... the writing is backed up with considerable academic research... the evidence of systematic oppression, presented as powerfully and relentlessly as it is here, will be difficult to resist
—— Literary ReviewNot so much a history book as a book of historical significance
—— BBC History Magazine, *Best Books of 2022*No other English-language biography has so successfully given us a portrait of him as man and monarch ... superb.
—— Gareth Russell , The TimesThe best single-volume account of the reign in any language
—— John Adamson , Sunday TimesAuthoritative ... Mansel is ideally positioned to examine Louis' record ... Time and space both yield before Mansel's authorial ambition
—— Minoo Dinshaw , Daily TelegraphA superb biography ... wonderfully detailed and fluent ... Mansel is alive to every nuance
—— Hamish Robinson , Oldie
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