| Event Name: | Peter Englund in conversation with Juliet Gardiner |
| Description: | There are many books on the First World War, but award-winning and bestselling historian Peter Englund takes a daring and stunning new approach. Describing the experiences of twenty ordinary people from around the world, all now unknown, he explores the everyday aspects of war: not only the tragedy and horror, but also the absurdity, monotony and even beauty. This is a piece of anti-history: it brings this epoch-making event back to its smallest component, the individual.
“Peter Englund is one of the finest writers of our time on the tactics, the killing and the psychology of war. In The Beauty and the Sorrow he superbly and humanely brings to life all the tragedy, chaos, death and gunsmoke of battle.” Simon Sebag Montefiore
Peter Englund is the Permanent Secretary of Swedish Academy, the body that awards the Nobel Prize in Literature. He will be in conversation with the historian Juliet Gardiner, author of The Thirties: An Intimate History and The Blitz: the British Under Attack. |
| Type of Event: | Literary Events - Book Launch - Readings |
| Event Agenda: | Tickets are £5 (including a glass of wine). They may be purchased from our Chelsea shop in person, with credit/debit card by telephone or online.
Opening hours:
Monday - Saturday 9.00 - 21.00
Sunday 11.00 - 19.00 |
| Event Location: | Daunt Books Chelsea |
| Event City: | London |
| Type of Venue: | Library - Book Shop |
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| Event Start Date | 14-Nov-11 |