August 1914
Tuchman, Barbara W.
£35.00
August 1914
By Barbara W. Tuchman
“A drama never surpassed”. Mrs Tuchman’s tremendous book relates this drama with such superb historical and narrative force, with such penetration, clarity and wit, that it is hard to see how August 1914 can itself be surpassed as an account of that fateful period.
“No part of the Great War compares in interest with it’s opening…. the first collision was a drama that was never surpassed… and all that happened afterwards consisted in battles which, however formidable and devastating, were but desparate and vain appeals against the decisions of Fate.” Winston S. Churchill
Published in London by Constable. May 1962. First Edition. Hardback with dust jacket. 9 ½” x 6” (24cm x 15cm). 499pp. Index & Notes. Photographic illustrations and Maps (including within and to the endpapers). Green cloth covered boards, gold titles to spine. Condition: Used. Very Good. Clean boards; Sharp corners; Lightly dust stained outer edges. Inside: No inscriptions, annotations or tears; Clean, bright and tight; Photographs are especially sharp. Dust Jacket: Rubbed/shelf worn, especially at corners and extremities; Not price clipped; Creasing; Light chipping; Sellotaped repairs inside.
Overall Condition: Very Good