On a search to answer the question "Who started the Great War?" the author details his encounter and subsequent journeys with a mysterious stranger - journeys not through towns and countries but through time. This spirit, whom the author names "Mered," - meaning "Rebellion" - acts as a guide and interpreter of many epochs and episodes of human history, explaining how deep are the troubles that bring about conflict, from the interactions of two individuals to the mutual destruction of nations. - Summary by E. Sharp
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Proemial
06:24 - Chapter 2
Ch. 1 - Mered
15:17 - Chapter 3
Ch. 2 - The Curse That Was
11:09 - Chapter 4
Ch. 3 - Urbanities
06:53 - Chapter 5
Ch. 4 - All East of Eden
13:15 - Chapter 6
Ch. 5 - Wages of Thrift
10:10 - Chapter 7
Ch. 6 - The Iron Belly
04:49 - Chapter 8
Ch. 7 - Mered Sleeps
08:10 - Chapter 9
Ch. 8 - Progress
07:03 - Chapter 10
Ch. 9 - Great Business
25:31 - Chapter 11
Ch. 10 - Apex
23:45 - Chapter 12
Ch. 11 - Ivory and Apes and Peacocks
17:08 - Chapter 13
Ch. 12 - The Answer
23:43 - Chapter 14
Ch. 13 - The Wound Was Reaped
19:27 - Chapter 15
Ch. 14 - In the Uterine Mist
44:40 - Chapter 16
Ch. 15 - "Me-r--e--d!"
02:39