{"product_id":"memoirs-of-bertha-von-suttner-bertha-von-suttner-9781646790289","title":"Memoirs of Bertha von Suttner: The Records of an Eventful Life, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Both Beecher Stowe and von Suttner were neither simply writers of popular entertainment nor authors of tendentious propaganda... They used entertainment for idealistic purposes.\" --Leo Tolstoy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemoirs of Bertha von Suttner--The Records of an Eventful Life, Volume II\u003c\/em\u003e, is the 1910 autobiography in two volumes of Baroness BERTHA VON SUTTNER (1843-1914), an Austrian-Bohemian novelist and leading figure in the peace movement. Von Suttner wrote many books, including the novel \u003cem\u003eLay Down your Arms\u003c\/em\u003e, her most famous work. In 1905, she became the second female Nobel laureate, the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the first Austrian laureate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer memoirs record the chief events of her life from her birth in Prague until the death of her husband, Baron Arthur von Suttner, in 1902. Volume II covers her trip to the U.S. and to the first Peace Conference in The Hague, and the death of Alfred Nobel. In 1911, the British journal \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e recommended her memoirs \"as a distinct addition to the world's enduring autobiographies.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bertha Von Suttner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1646790286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646790289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.02d","brand":"Bertha Von Suttner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052653703423,"sku":"9781646790289","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fa6e40c-88a4-49c9-8f0c-5c3e97afd088.jpg?v=1685020047","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/memoirs-of-bertha-von-suttner-bertha-von-suttner-9781646790289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}