The Bridge at Andau

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Szerző-Author: Michener, James A.

The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People

an eye-witness story of the 1956 Hungarian revolution, 12 days that shook the world

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Típus-Type: antikvár
Állapot-Condition: very good
Kiadó-Publisher: Bantam, 1966
Nyelv-Language: english
Oldalszám-Pages: 241
Kötés-Binding: soft cover
Azonosító-Item number: 27-595
Cikkszám: 27-595 Kategóriák: , , Címke:

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The Bridge at Andau is James A. Michener at his most gripping. His classic nonfiction account of a doomed uprising is as searing and unforgettable as any of his bestselling novels. For five brief, glorious days in the autumn of 1956, the Hungarian revolution gave its people a glimpse at a different kind of future—until, at four o’clock in the morning on a Sunday in November, the citizens of Budapest awoke to the shattering sound of Russian tanks ravaging their streets. The revolution was over. But freedom beckoned in the form of a small footbridge at Andau, on the Austrian border. By an accident of history it became, for a few harrowing weeks, one of the most important crossings in the world, as the soul of a nation fled across its unsteady planks.