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Paris After the Liberation: 1944 - 1949
Antony Beevor
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Description for Paris After the Liberation: 1944 - 1949
Paperback. An historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 322.
Antony Beevor's Paris After Liberation: 1944-1949 is a remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944 'A beautifully written book about a vast tapestry of military, political and social upheaval. Remarkably well-researched, wise, balanced, very funny at times . . . I was a witness to events in Paris in the first desperate, glorious, mad weeks, and this is just how it was' Dirk Bogarde Post-liberation Paris: an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but ... Read more
Antony Beevor's Paris After Liberation: 1944-1949 is a remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August, 1944 'A beautifully written book about a vast tapestry of military, political and social upheaval. Remarkably well-researched, wise, balanced, very funny at times . . . I was a witness to events in Paris in the first desperate, glorious, mad weeks, and this is just how it was' Dirk Bogarde Post-liberation Paris: an epoch charged with political and conflicting emotions. Liberation was greeted with joy but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141032412
SKU
9780141032412
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About Antony Beevor
Antony Beevor is the author of Crete: The Battle and the Resistance (Runciman Prize), Stalingrad (Samuel Johnson Prize, Wolfson Prize for History and Hawthornden Prize), Berlin: The Downfall, The Battle for Spain (Premio La Vanguardia), D-Day: The Battle for Normandy (Prix Henry Malherbe and the RUSI Westminster Medal), The Second World War, Ardennes 1944 (Prix Medicis shortlist) and Arnhem. The ... Read more
Reviews for Paris After the Liberation: 1944 - 1949
Absorbing . . . a rich, many-layered account, selecting from official documents, private archives, memoirs and histories with a wonderful lightness of touch, so that the most complex events become clear
Jenny Uglow
Independent on Sunday
A dashing, multi-dimensional story. This book covers all aspects of life - diplomacy, strategy, rationing, politics and politicking (from Churchill, Petain's ... Read more
Jenny Uglow
Independent on Sunday
A dashing, multi-dimensional story. This book covers all aspects of life - diplomacy, strategy, rationing, politics and politicking (from Churchill, Petain's ... Read more