The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe by Michael Pye

The Edge of the World: A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe

Michael Pye

394 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous slow-paced

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Saints and spies, pirates and philosophers, artists and intellectuals: they all criss-crossed the grey North Sea in the so-called "dark ages," the years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of Europe's mastery over the oceans. No...

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informative 100%
reflective 30%
adventurous 10%
challenging 10%

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slow 66%
medium 25%
fast 8%

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