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A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. Tuchman
29.99 AUD
Category: History
"Wise, witty, and wonderful . . . A great book, in a great historical tradition." CommentaryThe 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world plunged into a chaos of war, f ...Show more
Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman
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34.99 (20% off)
Category: History | Series: Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Bks.
" More dramtatic than fiction...THE GUNS OF AUGUST is a magnificent narrative--beautifully organized, elegantly phrased, skillfully paced and sustained....The product of painstaking and sophisticated research." CHICAGO TRIBUNEHistorian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Tuchman has brought to lif ...Show more
Practicing History: Selected Essays by Barbara W. Tuchman
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Category: History
Celebrated for bringing a personal touch to history in her Pulitzer Prize-winning epic "The Guns of August" and other classic books, Barbara W. Tuchman reflects on world events and the historian's craft in these perceptive, essential essays. From thoughtful pieces on the historian's role to striking in ...Show more
The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 by Barbara W. Tuchman
34.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: good
"The diplomatic origins, so-called, of the War are only the fever chart of the patient; they do not tell us what caused the fever. To probe for underlying causes and deeper forces one must operate within the framework of a whole society and try to discover what moved the people in it."--Barbara W. Tuchm ...Show more
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