In New York, the first edition of Vanity Fair is published, and in Essen, the first Aldi supermarket opens its doors. It's the year that Charlie Chaplin signs his first movie contract and Louis Armstrong picks up a trumpet. His snapshot approach to the year, recorded month by month, is the most original historical account I've come across. A lready an international bestseller, German author Florian Illies's 1913: The Year Before the Storm is an absolute gem of a book.
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