Dreadnought - Robert K. Massie
Category: Misc. Non-fiction
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Tags: Misc. Non-fiction, History, Military, Adults
A classic [that] covers superbly a whole eraEngrossing in its glittering gallery of characters. CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Robert K. Massie has written a richly textured and gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth centurys first great arms race. Massie brings to vivid life, such historical figures as the single-minded Admiral von Tirpitz, the young, ambitious, Winston Churchill, the ruthless, sycophantic Chancellor Bernhard von Bulow, and many others. Their story, and the story of the era, filled with misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and events leading to unintended conclusions, unfolds like a Greek tratedy in his powerful narrative. Intimately human and dramatic, DREADNOUGHT is history at its most riveting.
