Christopher Clark
Books by Christopher Clark
“Also out now is Revolutionary Spring, a new book by Christopher Clark, author of The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914, a book that made waves with its analysis of the outbreak of World War I. In Revolutionary Spring, Clarke takes on the revolutions that spread across Europe in 1848. These are the revolutions from which ‘the Arab Spring’ would take its name, and, like its namesake, things did not go well for the revolutionaries. This is a doorstopper of a book, so not one to take on for a quick read, though well worth pursuing if you like long history books.” Read more...
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023
Sophie Roell, Journalist
“What you’ve got with Iron Kingdom is a two-sided view in which you can see the pluses and minuses of Prussia” Read more...
The best books on Nineteenth Century Germany
Richard Evans, Historian
Interviews where books by Christopher Clark were recommended
The best books on Nineteenth Century Germany, recommended by Richard Evans
At the beginning of the 1800s, Germany was a collection of independent states. By the end, it had been unified under Prussian political leadership into one of the world’s great powers. Here, Richard Evans, Regius Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Cambridge and Provost of Gresham College in the City of London, chooses five books on 19th century Germany that illustrate how that process unfolded and what the political, economic and social consequences of it were—intended and otherwise.
The best books on Europe’s Vanished States, recommended by Norman Davies
The rise of China means the study of its history is suddenly in vogue. But, says historian Norman Davies, there’s as much to learn, if not more, from looking at states that have disappeared
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Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
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Mr. B: George Balanchine’s Twentieth Century
by Jennifer Homans -
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Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
by Jeremy Eichler -
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Revolutionary Spring: Europe Aflame and the Fight for a New World, 1848-1849
by Christopher Clark -
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Red Memory: The Afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution
by Tania Branigan -
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Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children
by Hannah Barnes
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist, recommended by Frederick Studemann
The Best Nonfiction Books: The 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize Shortlist, recommended by Frederick Studemann
If you’re looking for compelling stories that also happen to be true, the UK’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction is a great place to start. Frederick Studemann, Literary Editor of the Financial Times, talks us through the six brilliant books that made the 2023 shortlist, from a gripping account of a 2016 firestorm in Alberta to the shadow the Cultural Revolution continues to cast over today’s China.
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
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King: A Life
by Jonathan Eig -
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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials
by Marion Gibson -
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How to Flourish: An Ancient Guide to Living Well
by Aristotle & Susan Sauvé Meyer (translator) -
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Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity
by Daron Acemoglu & Simon Johnson
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023, recommended by Sophie Roell
Notable Nonfiction of Early Summer 2023, recommended by Sophie Roell
As high summer hits the northern hemisphere, Sophie Roell, editor of Five Books, takes a look at the many nonfiction books published over the last three months. With so many books coming out that are both readable and written by people who know what they’re talking about, reading remains one of the most enjoyable ways to make sense of the world around us.