The Verge

Book cover of The Verge: Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years that Shook the World

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In the bestselling tradition of The Swerve and A Distant Mirror, THE VERGE tells the story of a period that marked a decisive turning point for both European and world history. Here, author Patrick Wyman examines two complementary and contradictory sides of the same historical coin: the world-altering implications of…

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1 author picked The Verge as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Larry Silver

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The kind of history I love—a significant short period, examined closely but through the lives of wildly different individuals, from Columbus to Luther, who changed society, thought, and culture and brought on the seeds of our modern world.

This is highly readable and constantly shifting in focus in each biography-based contribution. This is storytelling through individual lives but with major consequences.

From Larry's 3 favorite reads in 2023.