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Critical Acclaim for ADENAUER
"A gripping narrative . . . brings to life an intriguing historicalfigure . . . an enthralling perspective on the processes thatshaped the postwar world." --Daily Telegraph (London)
"Charts the ironies of Adenauer's complicated life. This is thestory of a marathon man, but it is narrated at the pace of asprinter and with the elegance of a hurdler."--The Times(London)
"Lucid and engaging. This is a well-researched and elegantlywritten volume which deserves a wider readership than the purelypolitical."--The Herald (Glasgow)
"A highly readable, thoroughly reliable, intelligently criticallife-and-times. . . . This portrait does justice to a man who isoften invoked as a prophet of a United States of Europe, but whowas in truth the greatest of German patriots."--Literary Review(London)
"Well-researched and admirably written . . . reveals Adenauer theman--with all his authority and strength, his persistence andendurance, and his streak of ruthlessness and politicalcunning."--The Independent (London)
THE LAST GREAT FRENCHMAN
"Knowledgeable, lucid . . . the best English biography of deGaulle."--The New York Times Book Review
"Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near toa great book."--Daily Telegraph (London)
"A gripping narrative . . . brings to life an intriguing historicalfigure . . . an enthralling perspective on the processes thatshaped the postwar world." --Daily Telegraph (London)
"Charts the ironies of Adenauer's complicated life. This is thestory of a marathon man, but it is narrated at the pace of asprinter and with the elegance of a hurdler."--The Times(London)
"Lucid and engaging. This is a well-researched and elegantlywritten volume which deserves a wider readership than the purelypolitical."--The Herald (Glasgow)
"A highly readable, thoroughly reliable, intelligently criticallife-and-times. . . . This portrait does justice to a man who isoften invoked as a prophet of a United States of Europe, but whowas in truth the greatest of German patriots."--Literary Review(London)
"Well-researched and admirably written . . . reveals Adenauer theman--with all his authority and strength, his persistence andendurance, and his streak of ruthlessness and politicalcunning."--The Independent (London)
THE LAST GREAT FRENCHMAN
"Knowledgeable, lucid . . . the best English biography of deGaulle."--The New York Times Book Review
"Charles Williams has matched a great subject by something near toa great book."--Daily Telegraph (London)
This book title, Adenauer (The Father of the New Germany), ISBN: 9780471407379, by Charles Williams, published by Wiley (January 25, 2001) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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