The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne

The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne

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The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.

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The Price of Glory by Alistair Horne

The battle of Verdun lasted ten months. It was a battle in which at least 700,000 men fell, along a front of fifteen miles. This book shows that Verdun is a key to understanding the First World War to the minds of those who waged it, the traditions that bound them and the world that gave them the opportunity.
One of Britain's greatest historians, Sir Alistair Horne, CBE, is the author of several famous books on French history as well as a two-volume life of Harold Macmillan.
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ISBN 13 9780140170412
ISBN 10 0140170413
Title The Price of Glory
Author Alistair Horne
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1993-11-04
Number of pages 400
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