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An Iron-Bound City; Or, Five Months Of Peril And Privation (Volume II)

An Iron-Bound City; Or, Five Months Of Peril And Privation (Volume II)

John Augustus O’Shea

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Biografía: literaria
ISBN:
9789354482946
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Paris is ringed with steel and starvation creeps street by street. Five months under iron skies. In An Iron-Bound City; Or, Five Months Of Peril And Privation (Volume II), Irish journalist John Augustus O’Shea continues his gripping 19th century war memoir of Paris under siege 1870, written from within the barricades. This historical eyewitness narrative reveals, in calm yet urgent prose, what life under military siege does to a great capital: the shrinking rations, the rumours, the makeshift defences, the strange routines of urban warfare and privation as the Franco-Prussian War closes in. As a landmark of Victorian war journalism, a cornerstone of Siege of Paris history, and a vivid window into France 1870s history, it speaks both to military history readers and to anyone curious how ordinary lives endure extraordinary pressure. Volume II deepens O’Shea’s portrait of a city tested to breaking point, making this a Franco-Prussian War classic for dedicated Franco-Prussian War enthusiasts and general readers alike. His sharp eye for street-level detail and the shifting mood of a trapped population turn this Victorian European history book into something intensely immediate: not distant history, but experience. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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