God's Fifth Column: A Biography Of The Age 1890-1940
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Remainder mark
At the turbulent crossroads of modernity, God's Fifth Column presents a sweeping intellectual portrait of a world unraveling — chronicling the defining decades between 1890 and 1940 through the eyes of its most consequential figures, from artists and statesmen to philosophers and warriors. William Gerhardie, the brilliantly eccentric Anglo-Russian novelist, constructs a biography not of a single life but of an entire age, weaving together the fates of luminaries such as H.G. Wells, Lord Beaverbrook, and Tolstoy into a panoramic tapestry of civilisational decline and dark irony. Gerhardie's prose crackles with wit and melancholy in equal measure, reflecting his unique vantage point as a writer who lived through the convulsions of two World Wars and the collapse of empires. Edited and introduced by Michael Holroyd and Robert Skidelsky — two of Britain's most distinguished biographers — the work is restored here to its rightful place as one of the twentieth century's most audacious and unconventional works of historical commentary. For those who have ever wondered what it truly felt like to inhabit a world caught between the glittering promise of the Belle Époque and the catastrophe of total war, this extraordinary volume holds the answer.
Author: William Gerhardie
Format: Hardback
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Remainder mark
At the turbulent crossroads of modernity, God's Fifth Column presents a sweeping intellectual portrait of a world unraveling — chronicling the defining decades between 1890 and 1940 through the eyes of its most consequential figures, from artists and statesmen to philosophers and warriors. William Gerhardie, the brilliantly eccentric Anglo-Russian novelist, constructs a biography not of a single life but of an entire age, weaving together the fates of luminaries such as H.G. Wells, Lord Beaverbrook, and Tolstoy into a panoramic tapestry of civilisational decline and dark irony. Gerhardie's prose crackles with wit and melancholy in equal measure, reflecting his unique vantage point as a writer who lived through the convulsions of two World Wars and the collapse of empires. Edited and introduced by Michael Holroyd and Robert Skidelsky — two of Britain's most distinguished biographers — the work is restored here to its rightful place as one of the twentieth century's most audacious and unconventional works of historical commentary. For those who have ever wondered what it truly felt like to inhabit a world caught between the glittering promise of the Belle Époque and the catastrophe of total war, this extraordinary volume holds the answer.