The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War

by Peter Englund

Book Overview

An intimate narrative history of World War I told through the stories of twenty men and women from around the globe--a powerful, illuminating, heart-rending picture of what the war was really like.

In this masterful book, renowned historian Peter Englund describes this epoch-defining event by weaving together accounts of the average man or woman who experienced it. Drawing on the diaries, journals, and letters of twenty individuals from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307739287
• ISBN13: 9780307739285
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"