Bertha von Suttner, Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling

Barbara Burns

Bertha von Suttner, Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling

Edited by Barbara Burns

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Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914), Czech/Austrian pacifist

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European Translations 5

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15 February 2019 • 358pp

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Die Waffen nieder! (1889), translated into English in 1892 as Lay Down Your Arms, was an international bestseller. Its Austrian author Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914) chose the medium of fiction in order to reach as broad an audience as possible with her pacifist ideals. Challenging the narrow nationalisms of nineteenth-century Europe, Suttner believed that disputes between nations should be settled by means of arbitration rather than armed conflict. She devoted her life to campaigning for the cause of peace, and in 1905 became the first female recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Suttner’s influential novel yields insights into the early development of calls for a united Europe and an end to the arms race.

This English translation of the novel was carried out as a ‘labour of love’ by the eminent Victorian surgeon and medical scholar Timothy Holmes (1825-1907), the editor of Gray’s Anatomy, for whom this was an unusual foray into the world of fiction. Holmes was Vice-Chairman of the London-based International Arbitration and Peace Association and a contemporary of Suttner. His translation helped to spread Suttner’s views across the Anglophone world, and contributed to the growth of the peace movement in the period before the First World War.

See news item: Bertha von Suttner: A Champion of Peace (17 June 2020)
and: Suttner's Lay Down Your Arms (announced, 21 January 2017)

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vii-viii	Acknowledgements Barbara Burns doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.3	Cite
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1-16	Introduction Barbara Burns doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.4	Cite
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18-19	Translator’s Preface To the First Edition Timothy Holmes doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.5	Cite
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20-20	Preface To the Second Edition Timothy Holmes doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.6	Cite
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21-22	Contents Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.7	Cite
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23-35	Chapter I Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.8	Cite
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36-51	Chapter II Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.9	Cite
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52-65	Chapter III Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.10	Cite
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66-83	Chapter IV Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.11	Cite
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84-106	Chapter V Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.12	Cite
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107-124	Chapter VI Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.13	Cite
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125-140	Chapter VII Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.14	Cite
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141-156	Chapter VIII Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.15	Cite
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157-177	Chapter IX Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.16	Cite
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178-190	Chapter X Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.17	Cite
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191-200	Chapter XI Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.18	Cite
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201-228	Chapter XII Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.19	Cite
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229-243	Chapter XIII Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.20	Cite
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244-260	Chapter XIV Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.21	Cite
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261-281	Chapter XV Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.22	Cite
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282-300	Chapter XVI Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.23	Cite
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301-313	Chapter XVII Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.24	Cite
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314-331	Chapter XVIII Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.25	Cite
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332-343	Chapter XIX Bertha von Suttner doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.26	Cite
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344-350	Bibliography Barbara Burns doi:10.2307/j.ctvc2rm1f.27	Cite
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