Download or read book An Illustrated History of Modern Europe 1789-1984 written by Denis Richards and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seventh edition of this best-selling textbook offers an updated and lively account of the period and in his usual lucid style, the author explains the transformations which have taken place, in politics, economics and social ideas, during the past two hundred years. New material on events since 1945 looks at the rapid changes in post-war Europe, the increasing East-West split and the repeated efforts to establish a secure European movement.