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Sep 24, 2023 · In “ The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I ,” Douglas Brunt has written a postmortem on the life of the German...
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel.
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Sep 19, 2023 · A World War I–era tale about an important invention and a mystery surrounding its creator. In his latest, Brunt, the author of Ghosts of Manhattan, chronicles the life and work of Rudolf Diesel, who disappeared in September 1913. While the word diesel is well known in the English language, most readers know little or nothing about Diesel and ...
Sep 19, 2023 · The hidden history of one of the world’s greatest inventors, a man who disrupted the status quo and then disappeared into thin air on the eve of World War I—this book answers the hundred-year-old mystery of what really became of Rudolf Diesel.
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. Douglas Brunt. Simon and Schuster, Sep 19, 2023 - Biography & Autobiography - 384 pages.
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel. Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I. by Douglas Brunt. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: Not Yet Rated. First Published: Sep 2023, 384 pages. Paperback: Oct 1, 2024, 384 pages. Genres. Rate this book. Book Reviewed by: Jordan Lynch Buy This Book. About this Book. Summary. Excerpt.
Sep 19, 2023 · The glories of the diesel engine and its inventor are chronicled in Douglas Brunt’s excellent biography, “The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel.”
