Mud, Ink, and Iron
World War I Through the People History Usually SkipsBy Jonathan Hayes
Length2h 25m
About this audiobook
World War I is usually told from the map down… generals, dates, arrows. Mud, Ink, and Iron tells it from the ground up. Across twelve short, story-driven chapters, you’ll experience the Great War through real people rarely centered in textbooks: a Serbian intelligence fixer in the shadows of Sarajevo, a diplomat carrying the “blank cheque,” a Belgian mayor under occupation, an Indian sepoy at Ypres, an Ottoman commander at Gallipoli, a doctor building hospitals in the dark, a Russian soldier as revolution swallows an army, a German sailor whose mutiny cracks an empire, the politician who signs the armistice, and a colonial petitioner shut out at Versailles. You’ll still learn the full arc—1914, trenches, Gallipoli, the Western Front, the Russian Revolution, the armistice, Versailles, and the aftermath—but as lived history: mud, paperwork, fear, and consequence. Perfect for fans of narrative history and history podcasts.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length2 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Series
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