Road To Verdun: France, Nationalism and the First World War
by Ousby, Ian
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good (+)
- ISBN 10
- 0224059904
- ISBN 13
- 9780224059909
- Seller
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Hyde, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2002. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 304pp. A vivid insightful account of the generals' planning and the troops' suffering in the longest and bloodiest battle between the French and the Germans in the First World War.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good (+). 9.5 x 6.25 inches.
Synopsis
Ian Ousby was the author of several books, including The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English and Occupation: The Ordeal of France 1940-1944 , which won the 1997 Edith McLeod Literary Prize, given annually to the British book that has “contributed the most to Franco-British understanding,” and the 1997 Stern Silver PEN Award for Nonfiction. He passed away in August 2001.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Godley Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022295
- Title
- Road To Verdun: France, Nationalism and the First World War
- Author
- Ousby, Ian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good (+)
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0224059904
- ISBN 13
- 9780224059909
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Military History, World War 1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military; History;
- Size
- 9.5 x 6.25 inches
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