In Europa deel 1 & deel 2

‘Wie Geert Mak volgt door het Europa van de twintigste eeuw komt ogen tekort.’ - Vrij Nederland

‘Een subliem boek.’ - Martin Ros

‘In Europa is een mooi geschiedenisboek, geschreven in een toegankelijke, journalistieke stijl, vol herkenbare feiten, thema's en emoties.’ - Menno Schenke, Algemeen Dagblad

‘Fascinating, informative, sometimes exhilarating, often painful, and quite impossible to summarise […] Mak is a true journalist, a reporter with a keen eye for country and cityscapes, for the oddities of human behaviour […] a wonderfully rich journey through time and space, packed with vivid images, enlivened by conversations and stories. This is a splendidly panoramic picture of our common European home, a book to read through and then to dip into frequently […] I thoroughly recommend his book.’ - Literary Review

‘In Europa is een weids panorama, gevangen in het blikveld van een begenadigd schrijver.’ - Knack

‘An ingenious geographical-chronological structure […] a big, original and pleasant user-friendly book, enlivened by bits of first-person narrative and some sharp observations of the present. Mak has a wry sense of humour and a nice turn of phrase […] It’s impossible not to get drawn into this book.’ - Sunday Telegraph

‘A broader travelling history of the whole of Europe’s 20th century. As befits a journalist with an eye for bad news, he also has much more to say on its calamitous first half than on its more successful second half […] Mr Mak tells this part of the story vividly and in great, gory detail, moving from grim fields of battle (Verdun, Stalingrad) to places of revolution (Petrograd, Berlin), and on to ghastly charnel-houses of death and destruction (Auschwitz, Dresden).’ - Economist

‘Elektrificerend’ - NRC Handelsblad

‘Het wemelt van de prachtigste miniaturen.' - Elsevier

“It’s unparalleled in its detail and history.” – James Fox

‘On one level, In Europe is the ultimate pub quiz reference book, on another a compassionate exposure of a world full of terror, hope, disaster and refinement.’ - Sunday Express

‘His books have been garlanded with awards in his native country and won acclaim abroad: Amsterdam, his concise history of his home town, was lauded by Irvine Welsh as ‘magnificent’ and ‘more than essential […] The pace rarely slackens and every page sparkles with insight […] It is a people’s history, yet one that does not shy away from the bigger questions posed in the wake of two world wars […] The real achievement here is not the unearthing of these nuggets of anecdotal history, but the skill with which Mak sets them in context.’ - The Herald

‘In Europa gaat over zoveel dat er voor iedereen iets te rapen valt. […] De twintigste eeuw heeft maar geluk, met een kroniekschrijver als Geert Mak.’ - Mark Cloostermans, Standaard der Letteren

‘This is a magnificent book which depicts history as a living beast whose breath can be felt in every stone, building and field and, as such, is a story that belongs to every inhabitant of a continent too often torn apart by conflict.’ - London Lite