The Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age

by Juliet Nicolson

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Juliet Nicolson pieces together colorful personalities, historic moments, and intimate details to create a social history of the two years following the Great War in Britain. Not since Nicolson's The Perfect Summer have we seen an account that so vividly captures a nation's psyche at a particular moment in history. The euphoria of Armistice Day 1918 vaporizes to reveal the carnage that war has left in its wake. But from Britain's despair emerges new...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0802119441

ISBN13:9780802119445

Release Date:June 2010

Publisher:Grove Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

England Europe Historical Study & Educational Resources History Humanities Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social History World

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