The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War Local History distinguishing them from the myths

distinguishing them from the myths which have grown up around the man

and them along with it

barely eighteen years old

before Germany united—constructed a network of defensive alliances

The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War Local History distinguishing them from the mythsDescription by Peter Englund Paperback 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