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Peace and War: Britain in 1914: Britain in 1914

9 Ratings

3.2

Duration
7H 49min
Language
English
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History

1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without… 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 opening of London's first nightclub, to the embarking for Belgium of the British Expeditionary Force, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war.

© 2014 W. F. Howes Ltd (Audiobook): 9781471262630

Release date

Audiobook: 3 April 2014

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