The Cambridge Modern History Collection

by John Bagnell Bury, Mandell Creighton, Robert Nisbet Bain

The Cambridge Modern History is a comprehensive modern history of the world, beginning with the 15th century Age of Discovery. The first series was planned by Lord Acton and edited by him with Stanley Leathes, Adolphus Ward and George Prothero. The Cambridge Modern History Collection features all five original The RenaissanceVolume The Reformation, the End of the Middle AgesVolume III The Wars of ReligionVolume The 30 Years’ WarVolume The Age of Louis XIV

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Classics, Amazon, World History

3902 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2019

About the author

John Bagnell Bury (often published as J.B. Bury) was a classical scholar, historian, and philologist. He held the chair in Modern History at Trinity College, Dublin, for nine years, and also was appointed Regius Professor of Greek at Trinity, and Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University.

Reviews

[Sergio Di Fiore · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very unabridged 5,000+ pages book, showing history in a way that it's not taught at school. I have a whole new understanding of how my world was put together after reading it. From wars to matrimonies aiming consolidation of families in power, great writers, science, it's everything there.
A must for those, who like me, always want to know more and better!
It took me 6 months to read it, totally worthwhile!

[Carlos Montijo]

Lord Acton was an editor

[Rina Goswami · Rating 1 out of 5]

Confusing and too detailed

Too much details. Often confusing going back and forth in time. Many spelling mistakes. Archaic language. Not a good book.