A Sunday Times Best Book of 2023 'Magisterial' Kathryn Hughes, The Sunday Times (A Sunday Times Book of the Week) 'Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life.' David Kynaston Chairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet. Evelyn Waugh served as a commando - before leaving to write Brideshead Revisited. Since the advent of modern warfare, books have all too often found themselves on the frontline. In The Book at War, acclaimed historian Andrew Pettegree traces the surprising ways in which written culture - from travel guides and scientific papers to Biggles and Anne Frank - has shaped, and been shaped, by the conflicts of the modern age. From the American Civil War to the invasion of Ukraine, books, authors and readers have gone to war - and in the process become both deadly weapons and our most persuasive arguments for peace.
| ISBN: | 9781800814936 |
| Publication date: | 5th October 2023 |
| Author: | Andrew Pettegree |
| Publisher: | Profile Books an imprint of Profile |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 480 pages |
| Genres: |
Library, archive and information management Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: from c 2000 Modern warfare Antiques, vintage and collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera and printed matter Literary studies: general General and world history |