Simon Winchester

The Fracture Zone (eBook, ePUB)

My Return to the Balkans

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Fracture Zone is a true portrait of the Balkans - a beautiful yet chaotic region that encompasses many nations, including Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, and Serbia. Focusing on war-torn Kosovo, bestselling author Simon Winchester traveled extensively to examine the forces behind the violence, and why it may continue for years to come.

The title of the book refers to the boundary between the ancient Hapsburg and Ottoman Empires, which has been a source of political, religious and ethnic unrest for centuries. This boundary also marks the meeting point of two major tectonic plates, meaning that the earth itself exists in a state of chaos in this turbulent land.

Simon Winchester is the New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman. He is a writer and an adventurer, and has had an award-winning thirty-year newspaper career.

"Scholarly and moving ... [Winchester] combines historical significance with dramatic insight." - Independent on Sunday

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780061978197
• Artikelnr.: 38003569

Autorenporträt

Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.