Brendan’s Reviews > The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions That Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815 > Status Update

You know a history book is going to be great when it starts with an extended discussion of the development of roads and canals and their influence over changes in economics and communications.

And yes, I’m 100% serious about that…this is the stuff that is obscured by the famous names and battles, but actually shapes our world far more durably to the present day