In the Midst of Civilized Europe FD25 The year 2020 will go

The year 2020 will go down in history as the year when the global coup d'état was initiated

and in some ways superior to it

this series of ethereal vignettes takes readers on a journey from seemingly inescapable isolation and despair

urgent and transformative

This story is uniquely Taiwanese

In the Midst of Civilized Europe FD25 The year 2020 will goA Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year A riveting account of a forgotten holocaust: the slaughter of over one hundred thousand Ukrainian Jews in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. In the Midst of Civilized Europe repositions the pogroms as a defining moment of the twentieth century. Exhaustive, clearly written, deeply researched The Times A meticulous, original and deeply affecting historical account Philippe Sands, author of East West