{"product_id":"9780349128597","title":"Engineers of Human Souls : Four Writers Who Changed Twentieth-Century Minds","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Ings, Simon \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003e20th century\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 30 January 2025 by Little, Brown Book Group (Little, Brown) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e127 x 198 x 26 | 294g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned writers - once the faithful servants of authority - into figures of political consequence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaurice Barrès, who first wielded the politics of identity. Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose poetry became a blueprint for fascism. Maxim Gorky, dramatist of the working class and Stalin's cheerleader. The Maoist Ding Ling, whose stories exculpated the regime that kept her imprisoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll four nursed extravagant visions of the future, and believed they were vital to its realisation. Each was lured to the centre of political action. Each established a dangerous and damaging relationship with a notorious dictator. And when writers and rulers find a use for each other, the consequences can be shattering for us all. These stories - of courage and compromise, vanity and malevolence - speak urgently to the uncontrollable power of words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46380732285187,"sku":"9780349128597","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780349128597_802c81b4-b69c-4ee1-8f52-599d86b732f0.jpg?v=1741604176","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9780349128597","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}