Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Author:Blasco Ibanez Two branches of a wealthy Argentinian family settle individually in Germany and France. From the reactions of these two families, the reader views the "Four Horsemen," war, pestilence, famine, and death as they affected both countries. — Its powerful appeal, its vivid, impressive picture of the devastation of the war let loose by Germany, stirre... more »d the imagination of hundreds of thousands of Americans who read and talked about it.« less