{"product_id":"war-of-the-poor","title":"War Of The Poor","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eInternational Booker Prize 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A dazzling piece of historical re-imagining and a revolutionary sermon, a furious denunciation of inequality'' - The judges of the International Booker prize.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fight for equality begins in the streets.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e: Éric Vuillard once again takes us behind the scenes at a moment when history was being written.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe history of inequality is a long and terrible one. And it’s not over yet. Short, sharp and devastating, \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Poor\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a brutal episode from history, not as well known as tales of other popular uprisings, but one that deserves to be told.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixteenth-century Europe: the Protestant Reformation takes on the powerful and the privileged. Peasants, the poor living in towns, who are still being promised that equality will be granted to them in heaven, begin to ask themselves: and why not equality now, here on earth?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere follows a violent struggle. Out of this chaos steps Thomas Müntzer: a complex and controversial figure, who sided with neither Martin Luther, nor the Roman Catholic Church. Müntzer addressed the poor directly, encouraging them to ask why a God who apparently loved the poor seemed to be on the side of the rich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eÉric Vuillard tells the story of one man whose terrible and novelesque life casts light on the times in which he lived – a moment when Europe was in flux. As in his blistering look at the build-up to World War II, \u003ci\u003eThe Order of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e, Vuillard ''leaves nothing sleeping in the shadows'' (\u003ci\u003eL''OBS\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57384002388350,"sku":"NW9781529038552","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781529038552.jpg?v=1778681176","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/war-of-the-poor","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}