Opis: Augustus The Strong - Tim Blanning

Augustus is one of the great what-ifs of the 18^th century. He could have turned the accident of ruling two major realms into the basis for a powerful European state – a bulwark against the Russians and a block on Prussian expansion. Alas, there was no opportunity Augustus did not waste and no decision he did not get wrong. By the time of his death Poland was fatally damaged and would subsequently disappear as an independent state until the 20^th century.

Tim Blanning’s wonderfully entertaining and original new book is a study in failed statecraft, showing how a ruler can shape history as much by incompetence as brilliance. Augustus’s posthumous sobriquet ‘The Strong’ referred not to any political accomplishment, but to his legendary physical strength and sexual athleticism.

Yet he was also one of the great creative artists of the age, combining driving energy, exquisite taste and apparently boundless resources to master-mind the creation of peerless Dresden, the baroque jewel of jewels. <i>Augustus the Strong</i> brilliantly evokes this time of opulence and excess, decadence and folly.

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Szczegóły: Augustus The Strong - Tim Blanning

Nazwa: Augustus The Strong
Autor: Tim Blanning
Wydawnictwo: Penguin Books
Kod paskowy: 9781802066418
Ilość stron: 416
Format: 196 x 128 x 25
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.33 kg

Recenzje: Augustus The Strong - Tim Blanning