The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Fiction, Literary

By (author) Ibanez Vicente Blasco; Translated by Jordan Charlotte Brewster
Brief Description: The 1918 English translation by Charlotte Brewster Jordan became the best-selling novel in the U.S in 1919 according to Publishers Weekly, who hailed it as "a superbly human story told by a genius". Publisher Marketing: The novel, first published in 1916, tells a tangled tale of the French and German sons-in-law of an Argentinian land-owner who find themselves fighting on opposite sides in the First World War. When Julio finally decided to fight, the world and his family knew him for a different man. In the end the man who was once a spoiled son of privilege, became a man of honor and integrity, noble soldier in the war to end all wars. Contributor Bio:Ibanez, Vicente Blasco Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867 -1920) was a journalist, politician and best-selling Spanish novelist in various genres whose most widespread and lasting fame in the English-speaking world is from Hollywood films adapted from his works. Contributor Bio:Jordan, Charlotte Brewster Charlotte Brewster Jordan (1862 - 1932) was an American writer and translator, best known for her authorized translation of Vicente Blasco Ibañez's Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse, which was one of the best-selling novels of the early 20th century.