margaret macmillan – Cannonball Read 17

Great Bookend for The Guns of August

Paris 1919: Six Months that Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan

March 30, 2019 by thewheelbarrow 2 Comments

Shout out to faintingviolet and JenK for the EXCELLENT recommendation. They recommended this one after I read The Guns of August last year. Paris 1919 is an account of all the events that took place after the armistice that ended WWI through the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. MacMillan crafts the narrative around the three major figures and personalities at the conference: US President Woodrow Wilson, British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, and French President Georges Clemenceau and seeks to prove that the Treaty […]

The Greatest Work That Four Men Have Ever Done

February 1, 2018 by Emmalita 5 Comments

Note: This review is long. The book was long and interesting, so the review is long, but may not be interesting. I love history, but I’m not a diligent scholar. My history knowledge is thin and wide spread with occasional deep dives. I have been fascinated by the events that led to World War 1, but didn’t know much about the Paris Peace Conference that dealt with the end of the war. Last year I listened to Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History series, “Blueprint for Armageddon.” […]

Peace Conference in Paris

February 7, 2014 by Jen K Leave a Comment

As part of my personal goals to read more nonfiction and to read more about World War I, I decided to finally tackle this book which has been catching my eye for months only to be put aside for shiny new fiction. MacMillan has a new book out that is about the events leading up to World War I so before I committed to that, I wanted to see how I felt about her writing style in this one. Full review.

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