Eight Days at Yalta by Diana Preston
A riveting minute-by-minute chronicle of the February 1945 conference that shaped the outcome of one war and gave birth to another.
Diana Preston’s lively and nuanced account, place[s] the protagonists much more in their moment, as the war was still raging and they were making decisions based on the information to hand. . shrewd . . . vivid scene-setting -- Victor Sebestyen * Sunday Times *
"Yalta", like "Munich", has become a synonym for the cynical betrayal of the weak by the strong. It is an oft-told, well-documented and controversial story. Diana Preston retells it fluently, perceptively and with meticulous scholarship. Her judgements are admirably sensible. -- Rodric Braithwaite * Spectator *
Diana Preston brings dry diplomacy to life. Sound in historical judgement and strong on personalities and emotions, she gives the reader a special pass to watch the world-changing events in the Livadia Palace from all the closest angles. -- Norman Davies, author of Europe: A History
Diana Preston chronicles those eight momentous days brilliantly. * Choice Magazine *
Impressively researched . . . expert account * Kirkus Reviews *
A colorful chronicle of high-stakes negotiations and a study in human frailties, missteps and ideological blinders. -- Matthew Dallek * Washington Post *
"Yalta", like "Munich", has become a synonym for the cynical betrayal of the weak by the strong. It is an oft-told, well-documented and controversial story. Diana Preston retells it fluently, perceptively and with meticulous scholarship. Her judgements are admirably sensible. -- Rodric Braithwaite * Spectator *
Diana Preston brings dry diplomacy to life. Sound in historical judgement and strong on personalities and emotions, she gives the reader a special pass to watch the world-changing events in the Livadia Palace from all the closest angles. -- Norman Davies, author of Europe: A History
Diana Preston chronicles those eight momentous days brilliantly. * Choice Magazine *
Impressively researched . . . expert account * Kirkus Reviews *
A colorful chronicle of high-stakes negotiations and a study in human frailties, missteps and ideological blinders. -- Matthew Dallek * Washington Post *
Diana Preston is an acclaimed historian and author of the definitive Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy, Before the Fallout: From Marie Curie to Hiroshima (winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology), The Boxer Rebellion, and The Dark Defile: Britain's Catastrophic Invasion of Afghanistan, 1838–1842, among other works of narrative history. She and her husband, Michael, live in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509868742 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509868747 |
| Title | Eight Days at Yalta |
| Author | Diana Preston |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2019-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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