{"product_id":"book-blgd","title":"Peace and War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year 1914 dawned with Britain at peace, albeit troubled by fault lines 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, when shots rang out in Sarajevo on June 28, they set in train a tumble of diplomatic dominos that led to Britain declaring war on Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNigel Jones depicts every facet of a year that changed Britain forever. 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 three thousandth 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WF Howes","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49388551340336,"sku":"BDblgd","price":22.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/252917-blgd-Square.jpg?v=1735224642","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-blgd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}