Author | Upton Sinclair |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Lanny Budd |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1941 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
Pages | 859 pp |
Preceded by | Worlds End |
Followed by | Dragon's Teeth |
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This volume deals with the aftermath of World War I in Europe during the 1920s (with the Beer Hall Putsch, the Italian fascist regime and some of the important conferences) and later the Roaring Twenties.
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