ger en ny syn på Sveriges och Stockholms tillkomst - men också paralleller till vår egen tid. Slutfasen på 1200-talet förde med sig frågor som liknar dagens: skulle man ge upp en del av självbestämmandet för att ingå i en större kontinental gemenskap? Då handlade det om den katolska kyrkan, idag är det EU. Klivet över de 800 åren är kortare än man tror.
1923, 244 pages
Fiancée malgré elle ā un ami d'enfance, Yamile, jeune chrétienne maronite, tombe amoureuse d'Osman le musulman. Ils se marient et fuient.Mais le fiancé et le frčre de Yamilé la retrouvent.Devant le tribunal familial, Yamilé n'a pas un mot de regret et meurt selon la loi cruelle de la tribu.
1966, 615 pages
A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914.
A finely and carefully woven look at some aspects of European history before the First World War. Tuchman's basic point is that the prewar years weren't as idyllic as nostalgia would paint them; instead, there were ongoing social upheavals and shifts, such as the rise of labour and decline of the titled aristocracy in England, the violent division of the Dreyfus Affair in France, the growing muscle of the US, and the lurking danger of anarchism.
En fantastiskt intressant bok. 5/5
1999, 725 PAGES
Nationalism, War and the Great Powers
Glenny provides a lively narrative account of the last two centuries of Balkan history. The focus is on wars and political conflicts, but he also includes biographical material, with portraits of key individuals, and he quotes from contemporary documents and sources to give the reader some idea how people thought and felt at the time.