Paris 1919 by Margaret Macmillan

Paris 1919 by Margaret Macmillan

The story of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, when for six extraordinary months the city was at the centre of world government as the peacemakers wound up bankrupt empires and created new countries. This book brings to life the personalities, ideals and prejudices of the settlement brokers.

Lively, fascinating and provocative- Choice

Engagingly written and well-researched - Stand To Magazine

Margaret MacMillian deservedly won the 2002 Samuel Johnson Prize for this book that has been reprinted in timely fashion - Belgravia

Deserving winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, this pacey and racy account of the statesmen who reshaped the world at the Paris conference of 1919 puts the dash back into diplomatic history - THE INDEPENDENT Magazine

Every peacemaker sent to determine the future of Iraq should regard it as an essential piece of luggage - THE GUARDIAN

"Enthralling ... detailed, fair, unfailingly lively ... full of brilliant pen-portraits." Allan Massie. - Daily Telegraph

Exactly the sort of book I like: written with pace and flavoured with impudence based on solid scholarship. - Sunday Times

"A fascinating piece of history." Tony Blair. - Guardian

Margaret MacMillan has a doctorate from St Antony's College, Oxford. Formerly Provost of Trinity College and Warden of St Antony's College, she is Professor of History at the University of Toronto. In 2017 she was made a Companion to the Order of Canada, and in 2018 she was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour. She has written several books including Peacemakers (also titled Paris, 1919), which won the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize, the Hessell-Tiltman Prize and eight other prizes throughout the world.

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ISBN 13	9781529325263
ISBN 10	1529325269
Title	Paris 1919
Author	Margaret Macmillan
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year published	2019-06-13
Number of pages	592
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