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Beauty & the Sorrow
Peter Englund
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Description for Beauty & the Sorrow
Paperback. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from around the world, this title explores the everyday aspects of war: not only the tragedy and horror, but also the absurdity, monotony and even beauty. Num Pages: 488 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 486.
There are many books on the First World War, but award-winning and bestselling historian Peter Englund takes a daring and stunning new approach. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from around the world, all now unknown, he explores the everyday aspects of war: not only the tragedy and horror, but also the absurdity, monotony and even beauty. Two of these twenty will perish, two will become prisoners of war, two will become celebrated heroes and two others end up as physical wrecks. One of them goes mad, another will never hear a shot fired. Following soldiers and sailors, ... Read more
There are many books on the First World War, but award-winning and bestselling historian Peter Englund takes a daring and stunning new approach. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from around the world, all now unknown, he explores the everyday aspects of war: not only the tragedy and horror, but also the absurdity, monotony and even beauty. Two of these twenty will perish, two will become prisoners of war, two will become celebrated heroes and two others end up as physical wrecks. One of them goes mad, another will never hear a shot fired. Following soldiers and sailors, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
485g
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846683435
SKU
V9781846683435
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About Peter Englund
Peter Englund is an award-winning, bestselling Swedish historian. Having been a professor at Uppsala University, in 2008 he was appointed the new Permanent Secretary of Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature. His breakthrough book on the Battle of Poltava was published to universal critical acclaim and sold over 250,000 copies in Sweden alone.
Reviews for Beauty & the Sorrow
Peter Englund is one of the finest writers of our time on the tactics, the killing and the psychology of war. In The Beauty and the Sorrow he superbly and humanely brings to life all the tragedy, chaos, death and gunsmoke of battle
Simon Sebag Montefiore A wonderfully wide and rich mosaic of personal experience from the First World ... Read more
Simon Sebag Montefiore A wonderfully wide and rich mosaic of personal experience from the First World ... Read more