A People Betrayed: November 1918: A German Revolution

A People Betrayed: November 1918: A German Revolution by Alfred Doblin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780880640084.

November 1918. The First World War is over, the battle is lost a and everywhere there is talk of revolution. Leaders of the German military have formed an uneasy alliance with the socialists who control the government and have proclaimed a new German republic, but throughout Berlin rival groups stage rallies and organize strikes. In A People Betrayed, the first volume of the epic November 1918: A German Revolution, Alfred Doblin takes us into the public and private dramas of these turbulent days, introducing us to a remarkable cast of fictional and historical characters, and bringing them to life in one of the great historical epics of the century.