Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peace - Couverture souple

Pollock, John

 
9780786710010: Kitchener: Architect of Victory, Artisan of Peace
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786710012 ISBN 13 : 9780786710010
Editeur : Da Capo Press, 2002

Synopsis

With access to the private papers of the heroic Kitchener of Khartoum—victor of the Battle of Omdurman and avenger of the disastrously massacred General Gordon—this definitive biography, including 32 pages of black-and-white photographs, charts the illustrious, and sometimes infamous, career of the man who fought his last battles in the corridors of international power during World War I. It also finds beyond the formidable public figure a shy, reserved Christian man capable of great compassion and humanitarian vision. "An engaging narrative that brings the colorful, late-Victorian military and political world vividly to life."—Kirkus Reviews "Pollock describes this amazing career with talent and passion. His book is well-written, lively, thoroughly researched...."—Financial Times

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With access to the private papers of the heroic Kitchener of Khartoum—victor of the Battle of Omdurman and avenger of the disastrously massacred General Gordon—this definitive biography, including 32 pages of black-and-white photographs, charts the illustrious, and sometimes infamous, career of the man who fought his last battles in the corridors of international power during World War I. It also finds beyond the formidable public figure a shy, reserved Christian man capable of great compassion and humanitarian vision. "An engaging narrative that brings the colorful, late-Victorian military and political world vividly to life."—Kirkus Reviews "Pollock describes this amazing career with talent and passion. His book is well-written, lively, thoroughly researched...."—Financial Times

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Éditeur
Da Capo Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786710012
ISBN 13 
9780786710010
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
608
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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