Between the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire and the thunder of guns in 1914, Europe reinvented itself through revolution, diplomacy, and war. Modern Europe starts right here. In A Short History of Europe from the Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire to the Outbreak of the German War 1806-1914, his classic early twentieth-century survey, distinguished historian Charles Sanford Terry offers a clear, rigorously informed account of European political history. Moving from the Napoleonic wars in Europe through nineteenth century Europe history - nationalism, liberal reform, the unification of Germany and Italy, the rise of modern Germany and rival empires - Terry traces the deep origins of the First World War. Compact yet authoritative, it functions both as a modern European history book and as an accessible introduction to modern Europe, ideal as a reference book on Europe or a concise Europe history overview for students, general readers, and collectors. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. This careful new presentation honours the original scholarship while giving contemporary readers a dependable European history 1806-1914 narrative, valuable as a European political history survey and as a classic account of the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire and the unification of Germany history that shaped the modern world.