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The Fateful Year: England 1914
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Trade Paperback
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9780670919222
Overview
Overview
The Fateful Year is the story of England in 1914. War with Germany, so often imagined and predicted, finally broke out when people were least prepared for it. Here, among a crowded cast of unforgettable characters, are suffragettes, armed with axes, destroying works of art; schoolchildren going on strike in support of their teachers; and celebrity aviators thrilling spectators by looping the loop. A theatrical diva prepares to shock her audience, while an English poet in the making sets out on a midsummer railway journey that will result in the creation of a poem that remains loved and widely known to this day. With the coming of war, England is beset by rumor and foreboding. There is hysteria about German spies, fears of invasion, while patriotic women hand out white feathers to men who have failed to rush to their country's defense. In the book's final pages, a bomb falls from the air onto British soil for the first time, and people live in expectation of air raids. As 1914 fades out, England is preparing itself for the prospect of a war of long duration.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Bostridge, Mark
- ISBN: 9780670919222
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 7.70 x 1.30
- Number Of Pages: 432
- Publication Year: 2014
Language:
English
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