History and biography : essays in honour of Derek Beales

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History and biography : essays in honour of Derek Beales

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essays in honour of Derek Beales

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edited by T.C.W. Blanning and David Cannadine

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History & Biography

Contributor

• Blanning, T. C. W.
• Cannadine, David, 1950-
• Beales, Derek Edward Dawson

Editor

• Beales, Derek Edward Dawson
• Blanning, T. C. W.
• Cannadine, David, 1950-

Subject

• Beales, Derek Edward Dawson
• History, Modern
• Kings and rulers -- Biography
• Statesmen -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

For too long, too many historians have been too much concerned with impersonal forces, underlying structures and long-term developments. Now, 'people' are back. In a post-modern age it is easier to appreciate the decisive role played by individuals, as they ride their luck and seize their opportunity to bend the world to their will. As these essays by twelve eminent historians demonstrate, biography is too important to be left to the amateurs. Among the rich variety of strong characters analysed here are an Austrian emperor, a German kaiser, a Victorian prime minister, an Italian dictator, and an American president. Dedicated to a master-biographer, Derek Beales, the range and quality of this collection will stimulate, inform and entertain everyone interested in the history of the modern world.--

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non fiction

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dictionaries

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Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks