{"product_id":"dark-continent-9780140241594","title":"Dark Continent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom award-winning historian Mark Mazower, \u003ci\u003eDark Continent: Europe''s Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e retells the story of a century of division, charting the struggles of rival ideologies to create a new world order for mankind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The end of the First World War saw old empires swept away and the opportunity to build a better society from the ruins. Yet the result was division and bloodshed on an unprecedented scale, as liberal democracy, communism and fascism struggled against one another for mastery of the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDark Continent \u003c\/i\u003eradically overturns the myth of Europe as a safe haven of democracy to redefine our view of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Original, thought-provoking, iconoclastic'' Frank McLynn, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Fascinating and forceful'' Martin Gilbert, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ''Mazower leaves us, in this wonderful book, with an account of our century that anyone who takes an interest in Europe''s present and future will enl\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732350284119,"sku":"9780140241594","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780140241594.jpg?v=1719996519","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dark-continent-9780140241594","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}