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История Германии (Города и люди)
Андре Моруа, классик французской литературы XX века, автор знаменитых романизированных биографий Дюма, Бальзака, Виктора Гюго, Шелли и Байрона, считается подлинным мастером психологической прозы. Однако значительную часть наследия писателя составляют исторические сочинения. "История Германии" (1965) повествует об основных этапах становления немецкого государства: от появившихся на территории Римской империи в первые века нашей эры германских племен до итогов развязанной гитлеровским режимом Второй мировой войны…
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388 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 11, 2017
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André Maurois
1,087 books254 followersAndré Maurois, born Emile Salomon Wilhelm Herzog, was a French author. André Maurois was a pseudonym that became his legal name in 1947.
During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer to the British army. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English (mainly by Hamish Miles (1894–1937)), as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley.
During 1938 Maurois was elected to the prestigious Académie française. Maurois was encouraged and assisted in seeking this post by Marshal Philippe Pétain, and he made a point of acknowleging with thanks his debt to Pétain in his 1941 autobiography, Call no man happy - though by the time of writing, their paths had sharply diverged, Pétain having become Head of State of the Nazi-collaborationist Vichy France.
During World War II he served in the French army and the Free French Forces.
He died during 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories. He is buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.
During World War I he joined the French army and served as an interpreter and later a liaison officer to the British army. His first novel, Les silences du colonel Bramble, was a witty but socially realistic account of that experience. It was an immediate success in France. It was translated and also became popular in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries as The Silence of Colonel Bramble. Many of his other works have also been translated into English (mainly by Hamish Miles (1894–1937)), as they often dealt with British people or topics, such as his biographies of Disraeli, Byron, and Shelley.
During 1938 Maurois was elected to the prestigious Académie française. Maurois was encouraged and assisted in seeking this post by Marshal Philippe Pétain, and he made a point of acknowleging with thanks his debt to Pétain in his 1941 autobiography, Call no man happy - though by the time of writing, their paths had sharply diverged, Pétain having become Head of State of the Nazi-collaborationist Vichy France.
During World War II he served in the French army and the Free French Forces.
He died during 1967 after a long career as an author of novels, biographies, histories, children's books and science fiction stories. He is buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery near Paris.
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February 6, 2021
Even though "An Illustrated History of Germany " is a good book, I felt it was vastly overshadowed by the other "Illustrated Histories" by Maurois - that of England and France.
While the history of Germany is extremely complicated, more so than of England and France, it was difficult for me to "get my bearings".
While the history of Germany is extremely complicated, more so than of England and France, it was difficult for me to "get my bearings".
November 4, 2022
Достаточно интересная и последовательная антология истории Германии. Людям не знакомым с историей данной страны самое то. Прекрасное издание играет немаловажную роль, так как наглядно иллюстрирует многие артефакты.
May 30, 2022
Как-то странно, что книга заканчивается на 1963 году. А дальше истории Германии не было?
Ну и в целом простое перечисление фактов и картинок больше, чем текста.
Ну и в целом простое перечисление фактов и картинок больше, чем текста.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews