Vicente Blasco Ibanez

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' presents a new view point from which to see and feel World War I, the Great War. All characters see the war through the eyes of their own country. It is rich and varied in scene, human in its characterisations, interesting throughout, and above all, refreshingly straightforward and conclusive on the subject of the gers and their methods of warfare.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783956762802
• Artikelnr.: 42720112

Autorenporträt

Vicente Blasco Ibanez was born in Valencia. He studied law at university and graduated in 1888, but he never practiced because his interests were in politics, journalism, and literature. He was particularly fond of Miguel de Cervantes. In politics, he was a fierce Republican partisan in his youth, and he established the newspaper El Pueblo in his hometown, where he launched the Republican populist political movement known as Blasquismo. The journal caused so much controversy that it was brought to court several times. In 1896, he was caught and condemned to a few months' imprisonment. He created numerous enemies and was shot and nearly died in a single dispute. In 1909, he proceeded to Argentina and established two new communities, Nueva Valencia and Cervantes. He held seminars on historical events and Spanish literature. Tired and dissatisfied by government failings and inaction, he traveled to Paris at the start of World War I. He died in Menton, France, the day before his 61st birthday, at Fontana Rosa (also known as the mansion of Writers), the mansion he had built and dedicated to Miguel de Cervantes, Charles Dickens, and Honoré de Balzac.