The Showman

"An account of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the forging of a leader, The Showman provides an insider's perspective on the war reshaping our world, based on unprecedented access to Volodymyr Zelensky and the high command in Kyiv."--

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TelegraphBest Book of the Year'An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era' ANNE APPLEBAUM'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON

»Dies ist das Selenskyj-Buch, auf das wir gewartet haben.« (Catherine Belton, SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin von »Putins Netz«) »Das Volk der Ukraine will Frieden. Die Staatsführung der Ukraine will Frieden. Sie tut alles dafür, was sie kann. (...) Doch wenn ihr uns angreift, werdet ihr unsere Gesichter sehen, nicht unseren Rücken.« Seit er, nur wenige Stunden vor dem Angriff auf die Ukraine am 24. Februar 2022, diese Worte an die russische Regierung richtete, fasziniert - und polarisiert - der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj die Welt. Der einstige Comedian wurde unversehens zum Kriegspräsidenten, dessen perfekt inszenierte Medienauftritte den Verlauf des Krieges entscheidend beeinflussen. TIME-Korrespondent Simon Shuster berichtet seit Beginn der russischen Invasion aus dem Inneren des Präsidentenpalasts, zweimal ist er mit dem ukrainischen Präsidenten an die Front gereist. Er hat, wie kaum ein anderer, Zugang zu Selenskyi, seiner Frau, seinen Freunden, seinen hochrangigen Mitarbeitern und Beratern. Mit Vor den Augen der Welt ist Shuster nicht nur eine einzigartig facettenreiche und intime Biografie des ukrainischen Präsidenten gelungen, sondern auch die fesselnde und profund recherchierte Chronik eines unsere Weltordnung nachhaltig verändernden Krieges. Ausstattung: farbige Abbildungen (lib)

AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA TelegraphBest Book of the Year'An intense, evocative portrait of one of the most remarkable figures of our era' ANNE APPLEBAUM'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTONTHE TIMES: A BEST BOOK OF 2024 - NEXT YEAR'S TOP READSGUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024INDEPENDENT: A BOOK OF THE MONTHWritten with unprecedented access, this is the first inside, intimate account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Zelensky and his team.Based on four years of reporting; extensive travels with President Zelensky to the front; and dozens of interviews with him, his wife, his friends and enemies, his advisers, ministers and military commanders, The Showman tells an intimate and eye-opening story of the President's evolution from a slapstick actor to a symbol of resilience, revealing how he managed to rally the world's democracies behind his cause.Clear-eyed about the President's early failures as a peacemaker and his willingness to silence political dissent, the book offers a complex picture of a man struggling to break what he sees as a historical cycle of oppression that began generations before he was born. Even as the war drags on, Zelensky lays out his vision for its future course and, through his actions, demonstrates his strategy for countering the Russians and keeping the West on his side. The result is a riveting, up-close picture of the invasion as experienced by its number one target and improbable hero.The Showman, as a work of eyewitness journalism, provides an essential perspective on the war defining our age. As a study in leadership and human resolve, its appeal is timeless and universal.'Intimate but unflinchingly objective, this biography gives you a seat at Zelensky's war cabinet and penetrates his mind as he battles to save Ukraine's freedom-and ours' Peter Pomerantsev, author of Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible