Louis Renault: A Biography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A compelling work of biographical non-fiction, Louis Renault: A Biography chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of one of France's most formidable industrial titans, the founder of the Renault automobile empire. Anthony Rhodes traces Renault's journey from a mechanically obsessed young inventor tinkering in his garden shed to the commanding patriarch of a vast manufacturing dynasty that helped shape the modern automotive age. Written with authoritative clarity and narrative drive, the biography presents an unflinching portrait of a man whose genius for engineering was matched only by his autocratic temperament and fierce independence. Rhodes also confronts the darkest chapter of Renault's life — his collaboration with Nazi occupiers during World War II — and the subsequent seizure of his company by the French government, his arrest, and his death in custody in 1944 before he could stand trial. The result is a richly detailed and morally complex account of ambition, innovation, and disgrace that illuminates both the man and the turbulent era he inhabited.
Author: Anthony Rhodes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc.
Genre: Biography
Edition: 1st us ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
A compelling work of biographical non-fiction, Louis Renault: A Biography chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of one of France's most formidable industrial titans, the founder of the Renault automobile empire. Anthony Rhodes traces Renault's journey from a mechanically obsessed young inventor tinkering in his garden shed to the commanding patriarch of a vast manufacturing dynasty that helped shape the modern automotive age. Written with authoritative clarity and narrative drive, the biography presents an unflinching portrait of a man whose genius for engineering was matched only by his autocratic temperament and fierce independence. Rhodes also confronts the darkest chapter of Renault's life — his collaboration with Nazi occupiers during World War II — and the subsequent seizure of his company by the French government, his arrest, and his death in custody in 1944 before he could stand trial. The result is a richly detailed and morally complex account of ambition, innovation, and disgrace that illuminates both the man and the turbulent era he inhabited.