The Guns of August
- ISBN-10
- 0553254014
- ISBN-13
- 9780553254013
- Series
- The Guns of August
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 575
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1982
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Author
- Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Description
An epic narrative based on events in Berlin, Paris, London, and St. Petersburg during the first month of World War I
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- 2014-06-05
- 608 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin UK
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