Crucible
The Long End of the Great War and the Birth of a New World, 1917–1924
Seiten
2020
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-78470-369-1 (ISBN)
Vintage (Verlag)
978-1-78470-369-1 (ISBN)
'Gripping . . . An amazingly audacious and completely innovative way of writing history' WILLIAM BOYD
An enthralling narrative history with an international cast of characters that captures this definitive period after the close of the Great War.
Lenin and Hitler, Einstein and Hemingway, Josephine Baker and Rosa Luxemburg, Marcus Garvey and Mustafa Kemal: key players and participants in a world on the cusp of modernity, at a moment when anything seemed possible.
As the First World War reaches its awful climax, a shockwave of creative destruction is released. Europe is torn apart by revolution. America is in flames. A deadly pandemic stalks the globe. The curtain rises on a dangerous and exciting new era not unlike our own: of populists and prophets, freedom fighters and fascists, radical new ideas and clashing ideologies contesting an uncertain future.
Crucible is the collective diary of this era, filled with vaulting dreams, dark fears, grubby ambitions and the absurdities of chance. Encompassing both tragedy and humour, it brings immediacy and intimacy to a moment of deep historical transformation - with consequences that echo down to today.
'Dazzling . . . A compelling patchwork depiction of an era' TLS
'This buoyant study of life after the Great War illuminates the part that chance plays in history' Observer
An enthralling narrative history with an international cast of characters that captures this definitive period after the close of the Great War.
Lenin and Hitler, Einstein and Hemingway, Josephine Baker and Rosa Luxemburg, Marcus Garvey and Mustafa Kemal: key players and participants in a world on the cusp of modernity, at a moment when anything seemed possible.
As the First World War reaches its awful climax, a shockwave of creative destruction is released. Europe is torn apart by revolution. America is in flames. A deadly pandemic stalks the globe. The curtain rises on a dangerous and exciting new era not unlike our own: of populists and prophets, freedom fighters and fascists, radical new ideas and clashing ideologies contesting an uncertain future.
Crucible is the collective diary of this era, filled with vaulting dreams, dark fears, grubby ambitions and the absurdities of chance. Encompassing both tragedy and humour, it brings immediacy and intimacy to a moment of deep historical transformation - with consequences that echo down to today.
'Dazzling . . . A compelling patchwork depiction of an era' TLS
'This buoyant study of life after the Great War illuminates the part that chance plays in history' Observer
CHARLES EMMERSON is an Australian-born writer and historian. He studied modern history at Oxford University and international relations in Paris. He is the author of The Future History of the Arctic and 1913: The World Before the Great War. He lives in London.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.09.2020 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 135 x 215 mm |
| Gewicht | 670 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78470-369-9 / 1784703699 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78470-369-1 / 9781784703691 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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