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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345375564
ISBN-139780345375568
eBay Product ID (ePID)132241
Product Key Features
Book TitleDreadnought : Britain, Germany, and the Coming of the Great War
Number of Pages1040 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
TopicRoyalty, Europe / Germany, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Military / World War I, Political, Europe / General, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRobert K. Massie
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.8 in
Item Weight34.9 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN92-090048
Dewey Edition20
Reviews" Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events." -- Time "A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters." -- Chicago Sun-Times "[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage." -- The Wall Street Journal "Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie's eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative." -- Los Angeles Times
Dewey Decimal940.3/11
SynopsisA gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century's first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer's rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow; Britain's greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. Dreadnought . Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history at its most riveting. Praise for Dreadnought " Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events." -- Time "A classic [that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters." -- Chicago Sun-Times "[Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie [is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage." -- The Wall Street Journal "Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie's eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative." -- Los Angeles Times, A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century's first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer's rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery figures: the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz; the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von B low; Britain's greatest twentieth-century foreign secretary, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British navy and brought forth the first true battleship, the H.M.S. Dreadnought . Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tragedy in this powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history at its most riveting. Praise for Dreadnought " Dreadnought is history in the grand manner, as most people prefer it: how people shaped, or were shaped by, events." -- Time "A classic that] covers superbly a whole era . . . engrossing in its glittering gallery of characters." -- Chicago Sun-Times " Told] on a grand scale . . . Massie is] a master of historical portraiture and anecdotage." -- The Wall Street Journal "Brilliant on everything he writes about ships and the sea. It is Massie's eye for detail that makes his nautical set pieces so marvelously evocative." -- Los Angeles Times
LC Classification NumberD511
Bewertungen und Rezensionen
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- 31. Okt. 2018
History of Europe, particularly Germany and Great Britain, prior to the First World War
Condition of the book wasn't what I expected, but was adequate for reading.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
