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The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Barbara W. Tuchman
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During the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unprecedented change, a privileged few enjoyed luxury as the underclass was “heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate.”

In "The Proud Tower", Barbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev’s Russian ballet and Stravinsky’s music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close.
Format:
Pages:
588 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Edition:
1st Ballantine Books
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0345405013
ISBN13:
9780345405012
kindle Asin:
B0DZJ5R12S

The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914

Barbara W. Tuchman
4.13/5 (8127 ratings)
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During the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unprecedented change, a privileged few enjoyed luxury as the underclass was “heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate.”

In "The Proud Tower", Barbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev’s Russian ballet and Stravinsky’s music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaurès on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close.
Format:
Pages:
588 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Ballantine Books
Edition:
1st Ballantine Books
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0345405013
ISBN13:
9780345405012
kindle Asin:
B0DZJ5R12S

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