The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War
- ISBN-10
- 0307739287
- ISBN-13
- 9780307739285
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 540
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-09-04
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Authors
- Peter Englund, Peter Graves
Description
A revelatory narrative history of World War I explores its impact on everyday men and women, drawing on diaries and letters by 20 individuals from various countries to present an international mosaic of less-represented perspectives.
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- 2011-10-27
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- 2011
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