|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910787512203321 |
|
|
Autore |
Rowe Mark |
|
|
Titolo |
August 1914 : England in peace and war / / by Mark Rowe |
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Gosport, [England] : , : Chaplin Books, , 2013 |
|
©2013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
1-909183-37-7 |
1-909183-38-5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (256 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
World War, 1914-1918 - Great Britain |
Great Britain Social conditions 20th century |
Great Britain History George V, 1910-1936 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Title Page; Publisher Information; Dedication; August 1914; Part One; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Part Two; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Part Three; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Chapter 23; Photographs; Back Matter; Some of the Characters After 1914; Background Reading; Sources by Chapter; Some Military Terms and Totals; Also Available |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
August 1914 is the story of England in that watershed month when the country went from peace to war. It tells of what life was like in a country that looked, and smelt, very different to today. Work could be long, hard and deadly; pleasures were rough and simple; religion was a comfort for many. Some of the people whose stories you will encounter are well-known, such as Winston Churchill, the rising First Lord of the Admiralty. Others were not famous figures - Winston's sister-in-law, the ... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|