The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 Summary and Reviews

The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
by Sir Alistair Horne

The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
List Price: $16.00
Our Price: $8.84
You Save: $7.16 (45%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $3.00 (click here)
Category: Book
See more book details and other editions


or

Book Summary Information

Author: Sir Alistair Horne
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-01-01
ISBN: 0140170413
Number of pages: 388
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Book Reviews of The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916

Book Review: The defininirive and most glorious moment for C20 France.
Summary: 5 Stars

Horne reflects all the tragedy and glory of Verdun in both human and historical terms. An excellent work that sets Verdun in the context of the French psyche. Read the other parts of the trilogy, "The Fall of Paris" and "To Lose a Battle".

History Books

Book Subjects
Most talked about in Be Curious About Everything
The Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern Library Chronicles) ImageThe Boys' Crusade: The American Infantry in Northwestern Europe, 1944-1945 (Modern Library Chronicles)
by Paul Fussell
Modern Library; Published: 2005-09-13; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.68
Price in other shops: $13.95
The Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics) ImageThe Snow Leopard (Penguin Nature Classics)
by Peter Matthiessen
Penguin; Published: 1987-08-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $6.46
Price in other shops: $15.00
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Twentieth-Century Classics) ImageBeen Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (Twentieth-Century Classics)
by Richard Farina
Penguin Classics; Published: 1996-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.75
Price in other shops: $16.00
Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker ImagePositively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker
by James McManus
Picador; Published: 2004-03-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $1.97
Price in other shops: $15.00
Never Drank the Kool-Aid: Essays ImageNever Drank the Kool-Aid: Essays
by Toure
Picador; Published: 2006-02-21; Paperback; Book
Best price: $2.44
Price in other shops: $15.00
William James : Writings 1902-1910 : The Varieties of Religious Experience / Pragmatism / A Pluralistic Universe / The Meaning of Truth / Some Problems of Philosophy / Essays (Library of America) ImageWilliam James : Writings 1902-1910 : The Varieties of Religious Experience / Pragmatism / A Pluralistic Universe / The Meaning of Truth / Some Problems of Philosophy / Essays (Library of America)
by William James
Library of America; Published: 1988-02-01; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $24.90
Price in other shops: $45.00
Closed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court ImageClosed Chambers: The Rise, Fall, and Future of the Modern Supreme Court
by Edward Lazarus
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2005-05-03; Paperback; Book
Best price: $0.26
Price in other shops: $18.00
The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 ImageThe Price of Glory: Verdun 1916
by Sir Alistair Horne
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1994-01-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.84
Price in other shops: $16.00
Whose Art Is It? (Public Planet Books) ImageWhose Art Is It? (Public Planet Books)
by Jane Kramer
Duke University Press; Published: 1994; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.95
Price in other shops: $17.95
A Brief History of Time ImageA Brief History of Time
by Stephen Hawking
Bantam; Published: 1998-09-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $10.14
Price in other shops: $18.00
Similar books summaries and other product reviews
The Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy) ImageThe Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944 (The Liberation Trilogy)
by Rick Atkinson
Henry Holt and Co.; Published: 2007-10-02; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $17.51
Price in other shops: $35.00
The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War ImageThe Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War
by Martin Gilbert
Holt Paperbacks; Published: 2007-05-29; Paperback; Book
Best price: $9.42
Price in other shops: $17.00
The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme ImageThe Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme
by John Keegan
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1983-01-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.15
Price in other shops: $16.00
The Guns of August ImageThe Guns of August
by Barbara W. Tuchman
Presidio Press; Published: 2004-08-03; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $4.18
Price in other shops: $7.99
To Lose a Battle: France 1940 ImageTo Lose a Battle: France 1940
by Sir Alistair Horne
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-11-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $7.45
Price in other shops: $18.00
Stalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943 ImageStalingrad: The Fateful Siege: 1942-1943
by Antony Beevor
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 1999-05-01; Paperback; Book
Best price: $5.50
Price in other shops: $18.00
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa ImageWith the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
by E.B. Sledge
Presidio Press; Published: 2007-09-25; Mass Market Paperback; Book
Best price: $3.71
Price in other shops: $7.99
The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71 ImageThe Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71
by Sir Alistair Horne
Penguin (Non-Classics); Published: 2007-11-27; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.93
Price in other shops: $16.00
A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics) ImageA Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962 (New York Review Books Classics)
by Alistair Horne
NYRB Classics; Published: 2006-10-10; Paperback; Book
Best price: $11.24
Price in other shops: $19.95
Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics) ImageStorm of Steel (Penguin Classics)
by Ernst J?nger
Penguin Classics; Published: 2004-05-04; Paperback; Book
Best price: $8.00
Price in other shops: $15.00