Short History of EuropeEurope is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom a story that twists and turns from Greece and Rome, through the Dark Ages, the Reformation and the French Revolution, to the Second World War and up to the present day. Jenkins takes in leaders from Julius Caesar and Joan of Arc, to Wellington and

Filled with grit and humour

Because unless he does

mentor and friend

social and political life: the creation of the welfare state

Compiled and written by BuzzFeed writer Hannah Jewell

Arthur is in Paris to recreate the extraordinary story of Heloise and Abelard in a novel

Can this unlikely friendship survive

and must fight to protect her children

wrathful Zeus banishes her to the remote island of Aiaia

and no medical records because her father didn't believe in doctors or hospitals

tells the story of the three victims a murderer didn't kill but whose lives he ruined all the same

a baby girl