The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

The Four Horseman of the Apocalpyse has turned up on best books lists. I picked it up after reading and liking Edna Ferber's So Big, which won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for best novel. The Four Horsemen took me a while to read due to its slow pace. I particularly recommend this book for history fans. I......more

Behind every book you read there is the tale of how you came to read it. In 1962, when I was a ten year old schoolboy, my father took my elder brother and I to see a film at our local cinema, called The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. I was far too young to appreciate such a film at the time and I......more

Realmente cuando me encontré este libro viejo y abandonado con las huellas del paso del tiempo y la edición de 1954 dude en comprarlo, pero el tema me atraía (los cuatro jinetes del apocalipsis) y a pesar que en el momento que lo compre no tenia idea que se desarrollaba en la primera guerra mundial......more

Utilizando como telón de fondo la rivalidad en el seno de una familia pudiente, el autor nos muestra cómo, encabezados por la Guerra (I Guerra Mundial), los jinetes del Apocalipsis pueden azotar a la humanidad y no hacen distinciones de raza, nacionalidad, edad, sexo o estatus social. Una lectura muy......more

1916 yılında I.Dünya Savaşı'nı Marne Çarpışması üzerinden anlatan ama bununla birlikte Don Marcello Desnoyers ve oğlu Julio Desnoyers'in hayatları üzerinden kırk yıllık bir dönemi hikâye eden harika bir romandı. Romantik unsurların eksik olmadığı gerçekçi bir roman. İsminden de anlaşılacağı gibi Hri......more