Thomas Patrick NeillRezensionen

This covers European history from 1789 to 1970.

An absolutely amazing book. It is very readable for the layperson. Neill manages three things all at once:

1) To intellectually describe what these 12 makers of the modern mind did in their times--and then to connect it to the present and to how we think today.

2) To impart not only the makers' intellectual works, but their personal lives. This allows for a lot of interesting insights. For example, how Martin Luther's religion was set up to directly allay his own personal and abnormal fears.

3) To keep the book entertaining!