I am looking for a book detailing an overview of Western/European history. Is Norman Davies’s book EUROPE a good start? I checked the book list and couldn’t find anything regarding this particular request nor Davies’s book. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.
Although I hate the book with a passion I'd recommend 'A history of Europe in the Modern world' by R.R. Palmer. I hate the book because I had to take an oral exam on all 1100 bloody pages of it, but it gives a good general overview of European history in the the timespan 13th century A.D. - 2000