{"product_id":"the-proud-tower-a-portrait-of-the-world-before-the-war-1890-1914-barbara-w-tuchmans-great-war-series-9780345405012","title":"The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914; Barbara W. Tuchman's Great War Series","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Zimmerman Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e comprise Barbara W. Tuchman's classic histories of the First World War era\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDuring the fateful quarter century leading up to World War I, the climax of a century of rapid, unprecedented change, a privileged few enjoyed Olympian luxury as the underclass was \"heaving in its pain, its power, and its hate.\" In \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower, \u003c\/i\u003eBarbara W. Tuchman brings the era to vivid life: the decline of the Edwardian aristocracy; the Anarchists of Europe and America; Germany and its self-depicted hero, Richard Strauss; Diaghilev's Russian ballet and Stravinsky's music; the Dreyfus Affair; the Peace Conferences in The Hague; and the enthusiasm and tragedy of Socialism, epitomized by the assassination of Jean Jaur s on the night the Great War began and an epoch came to a close. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Barbara W. Tuchman's] Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eThe Guns of August \u003c\/i\u003ewas an expert evocation of the first spasm of the 1914-1918 war. She brings the same narrative gifts and panoramic camera eye to her portrait of the antebellum world.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A rare combination of impeccable scholarship and literary polish . . . It would be impossible to read \u003ci\u003eThe Proud Tower \u003c\/i\u003ewithout pleasure and admiration.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An exquisitely written and thoroughly engrossing work . . . The author's knowledge and skill are so impressive that they whet the appetite for more.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" Tuchman] tells her story with cool wit and warm understanding.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Trade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345405012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.40d","brand":"Barbara W. Tuchman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636398878876,"sku":"9780345405012","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fa7dba39-153c-4ec7-9bcd-17737c2233d8.jpg?v=1603841851","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-proud-tower-a-portrait-of-the-world-before-the-war-1890-1914-barbara-w-tuchmans-great-war-series-9780345405012","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}