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 *
"Magnificent ... she gives a full, colourful and erudite description of the participants and their motives." Simon Heffer. * Literary Review *
'This is how to write history...so readable that it appeals as much to laymen who have never read a word of history as it does to specialists in the field' - Dan Snow ('My Six Best Books' column). * Daily Express *
'A terrific piece of writing ... full of wonderful insights and portraits of the statesmen and women of the day' (listed among 'My Six Best Books' by Chris Patten) * Chris Patten, Daily Express *
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 *
"Magnificent ... she gives a full, colourful and erudite description of the participants and their motives." Simon Heffer. * Literary Review *
'This is how to write history...so readable that it appeals as much to laymen who have never read a word of history as it does to specialists in the field' - Dan Snow ('My Six Best Books' column). * Daily Express *
'A terrific piece of writing ... full of wonderful insights and portraits of the statesmen and women of the day' (listed among 'My Six Best Books' by Chris Patten) * Chris Patten, Daily Express *
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 | 9780719562372 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719562376 |
| Title | Paris 1919 |
| Author | Margaret Macmillan |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2003-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Prizes | Winner of Duff Cooper Memorial Prize 2002, Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2002, Winner of Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2001, Winner of Duff Cooper Prize 2001 |
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