{"product_id":"9781781853351","title":"Peace and War: Britain in 1914","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping portrait of life in Britain in a year that shook Europe to its foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1914 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 Sarajevo on June 28th, they set in motion 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 \u003ci\u003eBritannic\u003c\/i\u003e to cricketer J.T. Hearne's 3,000th 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, its benign domestic beginnings to its descent into the nightmare of European war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018814210288,"sku":"9781781853351","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781853351_p0.jpg?v=1763717420","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781853351","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}