Paris 1919
Six Months that Changed the World
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- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2019
Summary
Between January and July 1919, after the war to end all wars, men and women from all over the world converged on Paris for the Peace Conference. At its heart were the leaders of the three great powers - Woodrow Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemenceau. Kings, prime ministers and foreign ministers with their crowds of advisers rubbed shoulders with journalists and lobbyists for a hundred causes - from Armenian independence to women’s rights. Everyone had business in Paris that year - T.E. Lawrence,…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529325263 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1529325269 |
| Author: | Margaret MacMillan |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 46mm |
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Lively, fascinating and provocative. - Choice
Engagingly written and well-researched - Stand To MagazineMargaret MacMillian deservedly won the 2002 Samuel Johnson Prize for this book that has been reprinted in timely fashion - BelgraviaDeserving 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 MagazineEvery 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 TelegraphExactly 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. - GuardianAbout The Author
Margaret MacMillan
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 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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