A World on Edge
16 May 2019
Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Moving and inspired book ... An evocative and deeply affecting requiem for what might have been.' - Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin and Former People
A World on Edge reveals Europe in 1918, left in ruins by World War I. But with the end of hostilities, a radical new start seems not only possible, but essential, even unavoidable. Unorthodox ideas...
Details
16 May 2019
352 pages
9781509818518
Imprint: Picador
Reviews
‘Outstanding . . . a wonderfully stimulating guide to a world that knew it had changed utterly but was fearful about where it was heading.’ Evening Standard
With great care, a marvellous eye for detail and a highly accomplished style, [Daniel Schönpflug] reveals this time anew and allows readers to rediscover the twentieth century and themselves. A masterpiece.Philipp Blom, author of Fracture: Life and Culture in the West, 1918–1938
Historian Daniel Schönpflug gives us a kaleidoscope of sparkling stories . . . elegantly composed and beautifully written.Alexander Gallus, Die Zeit
For a brief moment a century ago the end of the Great War offered peace and the prospect of a bright new social order to a dark, ravaged Europe. In his moving and inspired book, historian Daniel Schönpflug recreates how these days were experienced by the people who lived them—their struggles, dreams, and desires—and traces the elusive fate of their noble visions. An evocative and deeply affecting requiem for what might have been.Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin and Former People