Peace & War
Britain in 1914
(Sprache: Englisch)
A gripping portrait of life in Britain in a year that shook Europe to its foundations.
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A gripping portrait of life in Britain in a year that shook Europe to its foundations.
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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 Sarajevo 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.
Autoren-Porträt von Nigel Jones
Nigel Jones is an author, a former editor at History Today and BBC history magazines, and has been a TV and radio broadcaster.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nigel Jones
- 2015, 272 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 12,6 x 20 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- ISBN-10: 1781853355
- ISBN-13: 9781781853351
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.06.2015
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
Lavishly illustrated... Jones has a hawk's eye for fascinating historical detail' Sunday Express
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