Epic Continent: Adventures in the Great Stories of Europe (Paperback)

A fascinating, page-turning exploration of the stories, identity and the root of the European self. A must read for anyone interested in where we come from and where we may be going - Jason Webster

Compelling, thought-provoking, and courageous, this epic-poetic journey peels back layers of collective emotional and imaginative inheritance. Jubber gets under the skin of our complicated continent and his timing is dead right - Kapka Kassabova

In the great literary tradition of writers like Jan Morris and Patrick Leigh Fermour, Jubber has a deep knowledge of the epics whose narratives and journeys he follows - The New European

An original and thoroughly absorbing book by a travel writer of immense ability - The New European

Epic continent is an Odyssey on its own, which travels both in space and time . . . Nick Jubber gets to the old heart of a still-troubled continent - Professor Tom Shippey

Brings out the many ironies of literary and political history ... and show[s] that the past is still with us all - TLS

A timely study of how epic can sadly harden frontiers and justify violence, while retaining the more hopeful possibility of re-invention to prompt dialogue and shape new communities of song - Peter Davidson, author of The Idea of the North

Epic Continent sets out on a physical and mythological journey to uncover what it means to be European - Geographical