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1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War
- De: Charles Emerson
- Narrado por: Kevin Stillwell
- Duración: 19 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 118
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 107
Today, 1913 is inevitably viewed through the lens of 1914: as the last year before a war that would shatter the global economic order and tear Europe apart, undermining its global pre-eminence. Our perspectives narrowed by hindsight, the world of that year is reduced to its most frivolous features last summers in grand aristocratic residences or its most destructive ones: the unresolved rivalries of the great European powers, the fear of revolution, violence in the Balkans.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good book ruined by bad read
- De GANESHi en 08-02-13
Thoroughly engaging
Revisado: 06-30-17
What did you love best about 1913: In Search of the World Before the Great War?
The fact that it uses a lot of material from the period and that there is little foreboding makes you feel engaged and almost hopeful for the world that's coming in 1913. When it was over, I could not escape that melancholic sense of what could have been.
What did you like best about this story?
Loved how the book is organized by gradually giving you the perspective of the world that year through the eyes of the many different cities, cultures and their people.
What does Kevin Stillwell bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The narration is excellent and conveys the emotions in the historical texts and citations very well.
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