{"product_id":"books-the-proud-tower-by-barbara-w-tuchman","title":"The Proud Tower","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Zimmerman Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unprecedented change, a privileged few enjoyed Olympian luxury as the underclass was heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate. In \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower, \u003c\/i\u003eBarbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev's Russian ballet and Stravinsky's music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaur's on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Barbara W. Tuchman's] Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August \u003c\/i\u003ewas an expert evocation of the first spasm of the 1914-1918 war. She brings the same narrative gifts and panoramic camera eye to her portrait of the antebellum world.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rare combination of impeccable scholarship and literary polish . . . It would be impossible to read \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower \u003c\/i\u003ewithout pleasure and admiration.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An exquisitely written and thoroughly engrossing work . . . The author's knowledge and skill are so impressive that they whet the appetite for more.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  Tuchman] tells her story with cool wit and warm understanding.\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480315257105,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780345405012.jpg?v=1777545878","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/books-the-proud-tower-by-barbara-w-tuchman","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}