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Peace and War: Britain in 1914 Book
1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war; suffragette agitation was assuming an ever more violent hue; and suspicions of Germany's ambitions bred a paranoia expressed in a rash of ‘invasion scare' literature. Then when shots rang out in Sara-jevo on 28 June, they set in train a tumble of diplomatic dominos that led to Britain declaring war on Germany. Nigel Jones depicts every facet of a year that changed Britain for ever. From gun-running in Ulster to an attack by suffragettes on a Velasquez painting in the National Gallery; from the launch of HMHS Britannic to cricketer J.T. Hearne's 3000th first-class wicket; from the opening of London's first nightclub to the embarking for Belgium of the BEF, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war.Read More
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Blackwell
A wide-ranging and lively portrait of cultural and social life in Britain in a year that shook Europe to its foundations. 1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of...
- 1781852537
- 9781781852538
- Nigel Jones
- 30 January 2014
- Head of Zeus
- Hardcover (Book)
- 224
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