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by J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney
L. P. M. - THE END OF THE GREAT WAR
By J. Stewart Barney
{Illustration: “COUNT VON HEMELSTEIN,” THE AMERICAN SAID LAZILY, “I WAS JUST THINKING WHAT A STUNNING BOOK-COVER YOU WOULD MAKE FOR A CHEAP NOVEL.” Drawn by Clarence F. Underwood.} (Illustration not available in this edition)
L. P. M.
CHAPTER I. — THE MAN AND THE HOUR
CHAPTER II. — THE ONE-MAN SECRET
CHAPTER III. — CROSSING WITH ROYALTY
CHAPTER IV. — THE FIRST REBUFF
CHAPTER V. — ECHOES FROM THE WILHELMSTRASSE
CHAPTER VI. — A RUSTY OLD CANNON-BALL
In the midst of 1915’s relentless battlefields, a determined young New Yorker finds himself before the nation’s Secretary of State, proposing an audacious plan to bring Europe’s war to a close. The dialogue crackles with the era’s patriotism and political maneuvering, as the senior official wrestles between protocol and the promise of a bold, unconventional peace effort. Their exchange hints at a larger, clandestine network poised to reshape diplomatic channels, setting the stage for an intricate dance of ambition, idealism, and the harsh realities of global conflict.
As the Secretary offers official credentials and personal backing, the young envoy—armed with a daring vision of universal peace—must navigate skeptical bureaucrats, wary foreign leaders, and the looming pressure of a war that stains every headline. The story captures the tension between lofty ideals and the grinding machinery of wartime politics, inviting listeners to witness the early stirrings of a mission that could alter history’s course.
Language
en
Duration
~8 hours (474K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Text file produced by Eric Casteleijn, Cam Venezuela, Charles M. Bidwell, Thomas Hutchinson, Suzanne L. Shell, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger
Release date
2005-04-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1867–1925
An American architect, painter, and occasional novelist, he brought a designer’s eye to his fiction. His best-known book, L.P.M.: The End of the Great War (1915), imagines technology and diplomacy reshaping a world at war.
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