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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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The Publishers Weekly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1104
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All the World at War
Author: James Charles RoyPublisher: Pen and Sword Military
ISBN: 1399060341
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1033
Book Description
While battles and wars and ‘the clash of civilizations’ are as old as time itself, there is little doubt that the conflagration of 1914–1918 was something unique and terrifyingly new. There was not a corner of the globe that did not feel its effects, some more than others, but the scope of its impact on economies, populations, food supplies, the character of governments in general and the day-to-day lives of numberless ordinary people, were such as the world had never experienced, nor expected. Little did anyone dream that the assassination of relatively minor figures of the Habsburg royal family, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, carried out by an unknown Serbian teenager on the street corner of an obscure town called Sarajevo that few had ever heard of, could possibly provide a spark that would plunge the entire European continent into an industrialized war of catastrophic destruction. But it did: the two shots that youth fired were surely ‘heard around the world’, and several million people would perish or be maimed as a result. The story of World War I has been told by many different writers, historians and participants in many different ways, especially so before and during the centennial of its events that just concluded. All the World at War stands apart from many of these standard studies. It presents a familiar story from points of view that many readers might find surprising: unexpected details, different perspectives, atypical and generally insightful observations from contemporaries (often obscure to modern readers), who witnessed the events and personalities that pushed the war along from phase to phase. The narrative is chronologically arranged, beautifully written, with something new or intriguing on every page. This is a unique and finely paced account of ‘The War to End all Wars’ that didn’t.
Monthly Bulletin. New Series
Author: St. Louis Public LibraryPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 992
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Notes and Queries
Author: The Bookseller
Author: The Outlook
Author: Lyman AbbottPublisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 598
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Imperial Requiem
Author: Justin C. VovkPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1938908619
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 643
Book Description
Augusta Victoria, Mary, Alexandra, and Zita were four women who were born to rule. In Imperial Requiem, Justin C. Vovk narrates the epic story of four women who were married to the reigning monarchs of Europes last empires during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Using a diverse array of primary and secondary sources, letters, diary entries, and interviews with descendants, Vovk provides an in-depth look into the lives of four extraordinary women who stayed faithfully at their husbands sides throughout the cataclysm of the First World War and the tumultuous years that followed. At the centers of these four great monarchies were Augusta Victoria, Germanys revered empress whose unwavering commitment to her bombastic husband made her a national icon; Mary, whose Cinderella story and immense personal strength made her the soul of the British monarchy through some of its greatest crises; Alexandra, the ill-fated tsarina who helped topple the Russian monarchy through her ineffective rule; and Zita, the resolute empress of Austria whose story of loss and exile captivated the worlds attention for seven decades. Imperial Requiem shares the fascinating story of four princesses who married for love, graced imperial thrones, and watched as their beloved worlds were torn apart by war, revolution, heartache, and loss.
News Notes of California Libraries
Author: California State LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
Vols. for 1971- include annual reports and statistical summaries.
The Atlantic Monthly
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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