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The Awakening of Europe (Story of the World, Bk 3)
The Awakening of Europe - Story of the World, Bk 3 Author:M. B. Synge, E. M. Synge (Illustrator) "The Awakening of Europe" covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and England, as well as the settlement of colonies in America. The rise of England and the Netherlands as sea powers, and the corresponding fall of Spain, as well as the rise of Russia, Austria, and the German states are also presente... more »d. Suitable for children ages 11 and up to read to themselves and for children as young as 8 as a read-aloud.
The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, comprises a set of five volumes, written at a middle school reading level, that cover all major events in the history of Western Civilization, from earliest recorded history to the close of the nineteenth century. With fifty or so short chapters in each volume, the series links the great eras in time and place together by a chain of stories of individuals who played principal parts in the events related. While statesmen and military commanders figure heavily in the narrative, stories of explorers, scientists, artists, authors, and religious figures are also presented.« less