Jay Nordlinger: 2 books
Peace, They Say
A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
In this book, Jay Nordlinger gives a history of what the subtitle calls the most famous and controversial prize in the world.” The Nobel Peace Prize, like the other Nobel prizes, began in 1901. So we have a neat, sweeping history of the 20th century, and about a decade beyond. The Nobel prize...
Children of Monsters
An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017
What’s it like to be the son or daughter of a dictator? A monster on the Stalin level? What’s it like to bear a name synonymous with oppression, terror, and evil?Jay Nordlinger set out to answer that question, and does so in this book. He surveys 20 dictators in all. They are the worst of the worst:...