Bridge at Andau

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Bridge at Andau

The Compelling True Story of a Brave, Embattled People

European history History Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions

Author: James A. Michener

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Language: English

Published by: The Dial Press

Published on: 18th March 2014

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 1 Mb

ISBN: 9780804151481


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.


BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from James A. Michener's Hawaii.

 

Praise for The Bridge at Andau

“Precise, vivid . . . immeasurably stirring.” — The Atlantic Monthly

 

“Dramatic, chilling, enraging.” — San Francisco Chronicle

 

“Superb.” — Kirkus Reviews

 

“Highly recommended reading.” — Library Journal

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