Nicolae Iorga: A Biography

by Nicholas M Talavera

Overview

The Romanian historian Nicolae Iorga played a critical role in the history of his country for more than fifty years until his tragic death in 1940. The author of more than 1,200 books and 20,000 articles, Iorga was one of the most prolific scholars of all time. In recognition of his academic achievements, he received honorary doctorates from universities around the world. Nicolae Iorga is the first comprehensive biography of one of the most important European cultural and political personalities of the first half of the twentieth century. It considers Iorga not only as a historian, politician, journalist, literary critic, playwright, writer, poet, and linguist, but also as an orator, teacher, and a human being.Written by Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, a leading American scholar, and based on archival sources and family documents, this is the first biography to present a complete portrait of the world-renowned historian Nicolae Iorga.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592111268
Publisher:	Histria Books
Publication date:	07/01/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	588
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Written by Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, a leading American scholar, and based on archival sources and family documents, this book is the first biography to present a complete portrait of the world-renowned historian Nicolae Iorga.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

I Nationalism and the Writing of History 11

II The Making of a Historian-Politician: Iorga's Origins, Childhood, and Adolescence 47

III The Struggle Begins 85

IV "In Expectation that the Scriptures Would Be Fulfilled" 181

V The Uncertain Triumph 225

VI The Struggle toward Tragedy 329

VII Axis Rainbow 435

VIII The Tragedy 505

In Lieu of a Conclusion: Iorga Considered at the End of the Twentieth Century 543

Epilogue: Meeting Traian Boeru, 45 Years Later 563

Acknowledgments 569

Index 571

Editorial Reviews

"A massively detailed, exhaustively researched and comprehensive biography of Nicolae Iorga." —Midwest Book Review

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