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På slagfältet vid Verdun
Innehåller "På slagfältet vid Verdun", "Bröderna Marx i Petrograd", "Om Karl XII:s död och andra mord" och "Om ett besök i Poltava".
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Published November 11, 2014
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About the author
Peter Englund
46 books176 followersPeter Englund (born April 4, 1957 in Boden) is a Swedish author and historian, and a member of the Swedish Academy since 2002.
Englund was born into a military family in Boden and studied caretaking for two years and then humanistic subjects for another two years in secondary school. He was then conscripted and served 15 months in the Swedish Army at the Norrbotten Regiment located in Boden. He was politically active in his youth and supported the FNL.
Englund studied archaeology, history, and theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, completing a bachelor's degree in 1983, after which he began doctoral studies in History. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1989 for his dissertation Det hotade huset (English title in the dissertation abstract: A House in Peril) (1989), an investigation of the worldview of the 17th century Swedish nobility. During his period as a doctoral student, he had also worked for some time for the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service ("MUST"), and the year before receiving his doctorate he had published the bestselling Poltava, a detailed description of the Battle of Poltava, where the troops of Swedish king Charles XII were defeated by the Russian army of Tsar Peter I in 1709.
Englund has received the August Prize (1993) and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature (2002). He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 2002.
Englund writes non-fiction books and essays, mainly about history, and especially about the Rise of Sweden as a Great Power, but also about other historical events. He writes in a very accessible style, providing narrative details usually omitted in typical books about history. His books have gained popularity and are translated into several languages, such as German and Czech.
Englund was born into a military family in Boden and studied caretaking for two years and then humanistic subjects for another two years in secondary school. He was then conscripted and served 15 months in the Swedish Army at the Norrbotten Regiment located in Boden. He was politically active in his youth and supported the FNL.
Englund studied archaeology, history, and theoretical philosophy at Uppsala University, completing a bachelor's degree in 1983, after which he began doctoral studies in History. He was awarded his Ph.D. in 1989 for his dissertation Det hotade huset (English title in the dissertation abstract: A House in Peril) (1989), an investigation of the worldview of the 17th century Swedish nobility. During his period as a doctoral student, he had also worked for some time for the Swedish Military Intelligence and Security Service ("MUST"), and the year before receiving his doctorate he had published the bestselling Poltava, a detailed description of the Battle of Poltava, where the troops of Swedish king Charles XII were defeated by the Russian army of Tsar Peter I in 1709.
Englund has received the August Prize (1993) and the Selma Lagerlöf Prize for Literature (2002). He was elected a member of the Swedish Academy in 2002.
Englund writes non-fiction books and essays, mainly about history, and especially about the Rise of Sweden as a Great Power, but also about other historical events. He writes in a very accessible style, providing narrative details usually omitted in typical books about history. His books have gained popularity and are translated into several languages, such as German and Czech.
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December 23, 2023
Denna bok är en skildring av olika slag och historiska händelser. Den behandlar slaget vid Verdun 1916, den kommunistiska revolutionen i Tyskland 1923, om Karl XII:s död och andra mord, och om ett besök i Poltava. Alla var blodiga och detta lyckas författaren skildra på ett kusligt och bra sätt. Läsvärd!
Peter Englund berättar om sin vistelse i Verdun. Han beskriver hur marken är alldeles ojämn efter skyttekrigen, och hur man nästan kan känna lukten av liken som ligger där. I modern det finns en hel skog av träd på platsen - och ser därför helt olik ut från händelserna under kriget.
Peter Englund berättar om sin vistelse i Verdun. Han beskriver hur marken är alldeles ojämn efter skyttekrigen, och hur man nästan kan känna lukten av liken som ligger där. I modern det finns en hel skog av träd på platsen - och ser därför helt olik ut från händelserna under kriget.
December 28, 2022
Englund är ju alltid Englund, men den här boken lämnar ärligt talat inget större intryck. Vågar man säga medelmåttig?
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