{"product_id":"2026600000075-secondhand-louis-renault-a-biography","title":"Louis Renault: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st us ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48820254671067,"sku":"2026600000075-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cd1f6a5a-78e6-4995-b7a8-6ee1733f1cdc.png?v=1780055849","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026600000075-secondhand-louis-renault-a-biography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}