Peace and war Britain in 1914

Jones, Nigel. (Author). Grady, Mike. (Narrator). W.F. Howes, Ltd. (Added Author).

Summary: 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. Then 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. Nigel 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781490637495
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (7 hr., 50 min.)
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [Rothley, Leicestershire, England] : W.F. Howes, Ltd. ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] OneClick Digital, 2015, p2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Downloadable audio file. Title from title screen.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribing institutions.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrated by Mike Grady.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires OneClick Digital Media Manager. System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA.