A World Undone, G. J. Meyer
A World Undone, G. J. Meyer
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A World Undone
The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918

Author: G. J. Meyer

Narrator: Robin Sachs

Unabridged: 27 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2012

Synopsis

The First World War is one of historys greatest tragedies. In this remarkable and intimate account, author G. J. Meyer draws on exhaustive research to bring to life the story of how the Great War reduced Europes mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of the world we live in today. World War I is unique in the number of questions about it that remain unsettled. After more than ninety years, scholars remain divided on these questions, and it seems likely that they always will. A World Undone does not claim to have all the answersif answers are even possible. However, it will provide listeners with enough information to understand why the questions persist and, perhaps in some cases, to arrive at conclusions of their own. A World Undone is a grand, tragic story brilliantly told.

About G. J. Meyer

G. J. Meyer is a professional writer whose bylines have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Harper’s, and many other newspapers and magazines. While working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, he was awarded a Nieman Fellowship by Harvard University. He is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tudors, the Edgar Award–winning The Memphis Murders, and other works. He lives in Wiltshire, England, and is currently at work on his next book, The Borgias.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jay on December 22, 2022

The author of this book stated that it was a "labor of love" inspired by his reading of Erich Maria Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front." That novel is the quintessential depiction of World War I from the standpoint of the men who fought it. Meyer's book, in my opinion, is the quintessential h......more

Goodreads review by Sweetwilliam on March 14, 2022

I typically prefer books that are written about a single battle or campaign and I tend to gravitate towards the ones written from the soldier’s point of view. For a World Undone, I’ll make an exception. This is probably the finest comprehensive book that I have ever read about any war. Maybe it was......more

Goodreads review by Clif on August 27, 2023

The one hundred year anniversary of the end of World War I recently occurred, and I decided if I didn’t tackle this book at this time I never would. I’ve had my eyes on it for some time while dreading the investment of time required to get through it. It’s worth the time and is well written with a n......more

Goodreads review by Roy on December 28, 2017

G. J. Meyer set out to write this book to fill a gap in the available literature on the First World War: a popular, holistic account that covered every phase and every front, without presupposing much knowledge from the reader. In this, he was undeniably successful. A World Undone begins at the begi......more

Goodreads review by CoachJim on June 29, 2021

Anyone inclined to believe that some dark force beyond human comprehension intervened again and again to make the Great War long and ruinous would have no difficulty in finding evidence to support such a thesis. There is no better example than the Battle of Verdun, which in its length and cost and b......more

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