{"product_id":"9781781852538-secondhand-peace-and-war-britain-in-1914","title":"Peace and War: Britain in 1914","description":"1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by faultlines within and threats without: Ireland trembled on the brink of civil war; suffragette agitation was assuming an ever more violent hue; and suspicions of Germany's ambitions bred a paranoia  expressed in a rash of 'invasion scare' literature. \n\nThen when shots rang out in Sara-jevo on 28 June, they set in train a tumble of diplomatic dominos that led to Britain declaring war on Germany. \n\nNigel 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 launch of HMHS Britannic to cricketer J.T. Hearne's 3000th first-class wicket; from the opening of London's first nightclub to the embarking for Belgium of the BEF, he traces the events of a momentous year from its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48961293189339,"sku":"9781781852538-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cf13d6d6-d0d1-47aa-8414-476902fbcc09.jpg?v=1783604185","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781781852538-secondhand-peace-and-war-britain-in-1914","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}