The story of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, when for six extraordinary months the city was at the centre of world government as the peacemakers wound up bankrupt empires and created new countries. This book brings to life the personalities, ideals and prejudices of the settlement brokers.
Margaret MacMillan has a doctorate from St Antony's College, Oxford, and is Provost of Trinity College and Professor of History, University of Toronto. Her previous books include Women of the Raj and Canada and NATO.
"Lively, fascinating and provocative." -- Choice 20030601 "Engagingly written and well-researched" -- Stand To Magazine 20030401 " Margaret MacMillian deservedly won the 2002 Samuel Johnson Prize for this book that has been reprinted in timely fashion" -- Belgravia 20030603 "Deserving winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize, this pacey and racy account of the statesmen who reshaped the world at the Paris conference of 1919 puts the dash back into diplomatic history" -- THE INDEPENDENT Magazine 20030419 "Every peacemaker sent to determine the future of Iraq should regard it as an essential piece of luggage" -- THE GUARDIAN 20030412 "Enthralling ... detailed, fair, unfailingly lively ... full of brilliant pen-portraits." Allan Massie. -- Daily Telegraph 20030412 "Exactly the sort of book I like: written with pace and flavoured with impudence based on solid scholarship." -- Sunday Times 20030412 "A fascinating piece of history." Tony Blair. -- Guardian 20030412 "Magnificent ... she gives a full, colourful and erudite description of the participants and their motives." Simon Heffer. -- Literary Review 20030412 'This is how to write history...so readable that it appeals as much to laymen who have never read a word of history as it does to specialists in the field' - Dan Snow ('My Six Best Books' column). -- Daily Express 20060414 'A terrific piece of writing ! full of wonderful insights and portraits of the statesmen and women of the day' (listed among 'My Six Best Books' by Chris Patten) -- Chris Patten, Daily Express 20060414
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