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The Price of Glory
Alistair Horne
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Description for The Price of Glory
Paperback. The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity. Num Pages: 400 pages, b&w photos, bibliog , reference notes, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJF; HBJD; HBWN; JWD; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 274.
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. ... Read more
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 is the second book of Alistair Horne's trilogy, which includes The Fall of Paris and To Lose a Battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between France and Germany. The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. Its aim was less to defeat the enemy than bleed him to death and a battleground whose once fertile terrain is even now a haunted wilderness. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140170412
SKU
V9780140170412
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-47
About Alistair Horne
One of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of several famous books on French history as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.
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