The Birth of the Modern: World Society 1815-1830
Paul Johnson. Harper Perennial, $19.95 (1120pp) ISBN 978-0-06-092282-5
This marvelously readable work from the author of Modern Times , a BOMC main selection in cloth, chronicles the formation of the modern world, illuminating the epoch of Andrew Jackson, Wordsworth, Goya and Beethoven. (June)
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Reviewed on: 06/28/1999
Genre: Nonfiction
Hardcover - 1095 pages - 978-0-06-016574-1