title: Barbara W. Tuchman: The Guns of August & The Proud Tower (Library of America)
author: Barbara W. Tuchman
description: MARGARET MacMILLAN, editor, is the author of <i>Paris 1919</i> (winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, the Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction, the Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History, the Governor-General's award for nonfiction, and a New York Times best book of the year), <i>Nixon and Mao</i>, and <i>Women of the Raj</i>. A past provost of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, MacMillan is the warden of St. Antony's College at Oxford University.
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  # _Praise for_ The Proud Tower
  
  
  
  
  
  “A stunning command of the storyteller’s arts of swift pacing, tense
  exposition, and colorful scene construction.”
  
  
  — _Newsweek_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “A rare combination of impeccable scholarship and literary polish … It would
  be impossible to read _The Proud Tower_ without pleasure and admiration.”
  
  
  — _The New York Times_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Tuchman proved in _The Guns of August_ that she could write better military
  history than most men. In this sequel, she tells her story with cool wit and
  warm understanding.”
  
  
  — _Time_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Mrs. Tuchman’s popularity is due to more than her skill with words.… She
  never loses sight of individuals, and she is not afraid to tell a story.… As
  in all her books, this one is resplendent with people … marvels of
  idiosyncratc fullness.”
  
  
  — _The New York Times Book Review_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  “Her Pulitzer Prize-winning _The Guns of August_ was an expert evocation of
  the first spasm of the 1914–18 war. She brings the same narrative g