The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War Local History Before Winnie-the-Pooh

Before Winnie-the-Pooh

a glimpse of the startling art forms launched in the aftermath of the conflict

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

Ullman offers provocative and challenging arguments to conventional wisdom—that we fail to understand the challenges and dangers and lack a mindset to cope with these twenty-first-century realities

examining the circumstances behind the loss of each ship and reconciling what was known in 1916 to what the archaeology is revealing today

The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War Local History Before Winnie-the-PoohDescription 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