Time Magazines Person of the Year 1927-1950
Discover Time Magazine's Person of the Year from 1927 to 1950, featuring iconic biographies like Roy Jenkins' Franklin Delano Roosevelt and historical insights from Ryszard Kapuscinski's The Emperor. Explore the leaders and figures who shaped a pivotal era in this curated book list.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
by Roy Jenkins
In acute, stylish prose, Jenkins tackles all of the nuances and intricacies of FDRUs character--a masterly work by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Churchill" and "Gladstone."
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The Emperor
by Ryszard Kapuscinski
A "sensitive, powerful ... history" (The New York Review of Books) of a man living amidst nearly unimaginable pomp and luxury while his people teetered netween hunger and starvation. Haile Selassie, King of Kings, Elect of God, Lion of Judah, His Most Puissant Majesty and Distinguished Highness the Emperor of Ethiopia, reigned from 1930 until he was overthrown by the army in 1974. While the fighting still raged, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland's leading foreign correspondent, traveled to Ethiopia to seek out and interview Selassie's servants and closest associates on how the Emperor had ruled and why he fell. This is Kapuscinski's rendition of their accounts—humorous, frightening, sad, groteque.
