Book description
Following his bestselling biography of the Pound Sterling, David
Sinclair's next book is a fascinating insight into the single event
which shaped the face of the modern world. If the Great War of 1914-1918
was a tragedy, then the Treaty of Versailles was a complete travesty.
Rather than sealing a guarantee for peace, stability and prosperity for
a new and better world, the treaty ensured that the remainder of the
twentieth century would see horror, brutality and suffering unparalleled
in human history. The treaty was engineered and manipulated by
self-interested politicians with individual motivations and contrasting
agendas. Hall of Mirrors reflects on how the representatives of America,
Britain and France - Woodrow Wilson, David Lloyd George and Georges
Clemenceau - deliberately ignored the possibility of finding a
progressive international solution. Instead, driven by ego and personal
vendetta, these statesmen stimulated a European future of faction,
dispute and conflict. Hall of Mirrors is a fascinating story of
destruction, delusion and greed, illuminating the personalities and
politics involved in making the treaty. It is also a valuable and
topical discussion on the political structures which enable individual
character and will to dictate the course of history and culture. David
Sinclair is a journalist and newspaper executive, most recently the
editor of the Financial Mail. He is the author of several previous
non-fiction titles, including The Pound, Edgar Allan Poe (Dent),
Dynasty: The Astors and their Times (Dent), and Two Georges: The Making
of the Modern Monarchy.
