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Beschreibung
***FEATURED ON BBC 2''s BETWEEN THE COVERS WITH SARA COX***

The Faber Book of Reportage is John Carey''s remarkable collection of eyewitness accounts that draws on the voices and emotions of the people who experienced some of history''s most memorable events.
''Stunning . . . There are descriptions in this book so fresh that they sear themselves into the imagination.''
JEREMY PAXMAN

''Fascinating - there's funny stuff, interesting stuff, loads of brilliant stuff really.''
JO BRAND (on BBC 2''s Between the Covers)

What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see the Titanic slide beneath the waves? John Carey''s best-selling Faber Book of Reportage draws its eyewitness account from memoirs, travel books and newspapers. This is history with the varnish removed.
***FEATURED ON BBC 2''s BETWEEN THE COVERS WITH SARA COX***

The Faber Book of Reportage is John Carey''s remarkable collection of eyewitness accounts that draws on the voices and emotions of the people who experienced some of history''s most memorable events.
''Stunning . . . There are descriptions in this book so fresh that they sear themselves into the imagination.''
JEREMY PAXMAN

''Fascinating - there's funny stuff, interesting stuff, loads of brilliant stuff really.''
JO BRAND (on BBC 2''s Between the Covers)

What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see the Titanic slide beneath the waves? John Carey''s best-selling Faber Book of Reportage draws its eyewitness account from memoirs, travel books and newspapers. This is history with the varnish removed.
Über den Autor
John Carey is an Emeritus Professor at Oxford University. His books include studies of Donne, Dickens and Thackeray, The Intellectuals and the Masses, What Good Are the Arts? and a life of William Golding.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780571141630
ISBN-10: 0571141633
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Carey, John
Redaktion: Carey, John
Auflage: Main. Auflage
Hersteller: Faber & Faber
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 217 x 134 x 50 mm
Von/Mit: John Carey
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.10.1996
Gewicht: 0,754 kg
Artikel-ID: 101090710