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Victor Sebestyen, born in Budapest, was an infant when his family left Hungary as refugees. As a journalist, he reported widely from Eastern Europe when Communism collapsed in 1989. He covered the war in former Yugoslavia. At the London Evening Standard he was foreign editor, media editor and chief leader writer.
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'Masterly... Victor Sebestyen is a marvellous guide to the Hungarian Revolution... His nuanced, intelligent account... is a first class book .' LITERARY REVIEW 'superbly researched... very well written... this engrossing book is a powerful adventure story as well as an uplifting morality tale' -- Andrew Roberts EVENING STANDARD 'Sebestyen... draws on most of the public sources judiciously and narrates the tangled history with clarity.' -- Tibor Fischer DAILY TELEGRAPH 'a readable, and even exciting, blend of the scholarly with the journalistic, altogether a fitting commemmoration of the drama' -- David Pryce-Jones THE SPECTATOR 'Sebestyen has done a major good deed by commemorating this hugely important event with a clear straightforward and compelling account' -- Peter Hitchens MAIL ON SUNDAY 'fresh, readable and honest... the story of the Hungarian revolution also demands attention because of its almost disturbing relevance.' -- Anne Applebaum SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'this lucid, highly readable account of the Hungarian Revolution... eschews all cliches to get through to what really happened' -- Frank McLynn THE INDEPENDENT 'Sebestyen dispels many cliches surrounding the uprising' -- Marcus Tanner THE TABLET 'Twelve Days is a triumph both of research and dramatic reconstruction... masterly account of the 1956 uprising.' -- Richard Aldous IRISH TIMES 'Sebestyen's book should become the standard work on the uprising... a gripping read.' THE ECONOMIST 'Sebestyen is excellent at bringing to life the revolutionary moment. Personalities leap from his pages...' FINANCIAL TIMES 'a gripping, detailed reconstruction of the revolution... excellent' NEW YORK TIMES 'well documented... and vividly written.' LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS 'A powerful and often harrowing book, well worth reading.' MILITARY ILLUSTRATED
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- PublisherWeidenfeld & N.
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0297847317
- ISBN 13 9780297847311
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages336
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Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters
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TWELVE DAYS : Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet Masters
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Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This mint unmarked copy is bound in cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine, tight, white, bright and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is in mint condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted. The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A small nation, its people armed with a few rifles and petrol bombs, had the will and courage to rise up against one of the world's superpowers. The determination of the Hungarians to resist the Russians astonished the West. People of all kinds, throughout the free world, became involved in the cause. For 12 days it looked, miraculously, as though the Soviets might be humbled. Then reality hit back. The Hungarians were brutally crushed. Their capital was devastated, thousands of people were killed and their country was occupied for a further three decades. The uprising was the defining moment of the Cold War: the USSR showed that it was determined to hold on to its European empire, but it would never do so without resistence. From the Prague Spring to Lech Walesa's Solidarity and the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tighter the grip of the communist bloc, the more irresistible the popular demand for freedom. In this new account Victor Sebestyen, who was brought out of Hungary as an infant, draws on fresh evidence from Moscow, Washington and Budapest, as well as interviews with participants, that brings new light on a story that will always be an inspiration to those who hate tyranny. Ref DDD5. Seller Inventory # 020290
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. London. Weidenfeld and Nicholson. 2006. First Edition/First Printing (1 in number line on copyright page) Hard Cover. Black matt boards with red spine titles. Book condition is as new. Wrap around pictorial dust wrapper which is unclipped and as new. Monochrome photographs in text block. The author has signed the title page to his editor (presumably of this book) On the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution, a defining moment in the Cold War, Victor Sebestyen, a journalist whose own family fled from Hungary, gives us a totally fresh account of that uprising, incorporating newly released official Hungarian and Soviet documents, his family's diaries, and eyewitness testimony. Tracing the events that led to the rebellion, Sebestyen tells the story of these twelve days with front-page immediacy. Fast-paced, vivid, and authoritative, Twelve Days adds immeasurably to our understanding of one of the most important battles of the Cold War. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # JAN23001
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