| Title:
The
Guns Of August by Barbara Wertheim Tuchman |
|
Description:
This award winning book looks at the fascinating history
of the beginning of WW I. It is a well researched book
and one of the most renowned on the subject of WWI. It
is a dense read with a large cast of characters but the
author makes this a very interesting read bringing to
life the madness, blunders and personal feuds which took
place.
|
| Author:
The
author was born in New York City in 1912 and in 1933 received
her B.A. degree from Radcliffe College. She reported on
the Spanish Civil War from Madrid in 1937 and later wrote
many books which included the Lost British Policy, Bible
and the Sword, and Notes From China. She received two Pulitzer
Prizes for non-fiction which include this book, ‘The
Guns of August’, and also for ‘Stillwell and the
American Experience in China 1911 – 1945’. She
died in 1989 in Connecticut. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published : First
published 1962. |
Edition:
This
edition 1997. |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition . |
| Book
Condition :
Very good condition containing 490 pages 16 of which contain
photographs with several sketched maps included. |
| Publisher:
Folio Society. |
| ISBN:
No number |
| Size
& Weight: 25.3
cm x 16 cm (H x W). 4.5 cm thick. |
