August 1914 :: England in peace and war /

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. Som...

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1. Verfasser: Rowe, Mark (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Gosport : Chaplin Books, 2013.
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Zusammenfassung: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 ...
Beschreibung:1 online resource (257 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781909183377
1909183377
9781909183384
1909183385