Seven Hanged: The book that started World War One
Few books can claim to have changed the world while remaining almost unknown. Seven Hanged, by the Russian author Leonid Andreyev, is one such book. This was the short story that inspired a group of Bosnian revolutionaries to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand – an act that started World War One. Now republished in a new edition, its English translator, PROF. ANTHONY BRIGGS, explores the continuing power of the book that shook the world.More info BBC World
