Thank you to all for your suggestions for books on European history. It will take me a while to sort through them all, but please keep them coming. It’s very informative.
By the by, has anyone read the book linked above, A Short History of England
by G.K. Chesterton?
I know I didn’t ask for history books on England because I think I know its history better than others, but my hunch is that Chesterton does a pretty good job and that would make entertaining reading nonetheless. What say you?
Have you read Chesterton’s Eugenics and Other Evils? He develops the history of that movement. Combine that with what we know about Adolph Hitler and Margaret Sanger and we get a pretty important piece of the picture of what’s going on today.
Yes, I’ve read it. It’s more a book of essays on history than a history book; no surprise since essays were Chesterton’s specialty.
Like all of Chesterton now, it’s in the public domain. You can read it online or even listen to the Librivox audiobook.