Barbara W. Tuchman (1912–1989) achieved prominence as a historian with The Zimmermann Telegram and international fame with The Guns of August—a huge bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Her other works include Bible and Sword, The Proud Tower, Stilwell and the American Experience in China (for which Tuchman was awarded a second Pulitzer Prize), Notes from China, A Distant Mirror, Practicing History, The March of Folly, and The First Salute.
“Nothing in a novel could be more thrilling than the moment in this
glorious history when French soldiers arrive [to] see a tall,
familiar figure: George Washington. . . . It is only part of
Tuchman’s genius that she can reconstitute such scenes with so much
precision and passion.”—People
“Tuchman writes narrative history in the great tradition. . . . A
persuasive book, which brings us entertaining pictures, scenes and
characters.”—Chicago Tribune
“[A] tightly woven narrative, ingeniously structured.”—The
Christian Science Monitor
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