The Birth of Europe: Colliding Continents and the Destiny of Nations

Book club edition.  288pp, well illustrated in colour.  Grey cloth-covered boards with gilt titles on the spine.  Large 4to.  Cloth a little pushed at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  In its original dust wrapper, slightly bumped on extreme edges. Andrews explores the epic tale of the formation of Europe and European civilisations combining geology with pre-history in the earliest days and taking the story up to the present challenges of avoiding ecological disaster.  A unique look at how geology and landscape combine with human endeavour to form nations.