The Great Silence
1918-1920: Living in the Shadow of the Great War
$39.60
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2010
Summary
Peace at last, after Lloyd George declared it had been “the war to end all wars,” would surely bring relief and a renewed sense of optimism? But this assumption turned out to be deeply misplaced as people began to realise that the men they loved were never coming home.
The Great Silence is the story of the pause between 1918 and 1920. A two-minute silence to celebrate those who did was underpinned by a more enduring silence born out of national grief. Those who had danced thr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780719562570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0719562570 |
| Author: | Juliet Nicolson |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 292g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 130mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Juliet Nicolson examines a much overlooked period of history. She painstakingly recounts how those who had stayed at home came to terms with a brutally changed world in the aftermath of the first world war and how the returning soldiers struggled to cope with the horrors they faced - Elizabeth Day, Observer
Praise for The Perfect Summer:‘As page-turning as a novel ’ - Joanna Trollope, GuardianThere is an unpretentious directness about Nicolson’s approach to her subjects that gives the book a freshness and vitality. Happily, she also has an eye for the amusing or the ironic - ScotsmanA fascinating read - Mail on SundayThoroughly entertaining … full of memorable detail - SpectatorThe strength of the book lies in the sensitivity and skill with which the private lives and relationships of the protagonists are recounted. Nicolson writes fluently and paces her narrative expertly - BBC History MagazineNicolson writes well and thoughtfully - Sunday TelegraphNicolson has opened the door onto a time of misery, introspection and change - Lancashire Evening PostJuliet Nicolson
Juliet Nicolson is the author of The Perfect Summer and has written for the Daily Telegraph, Vogue, the London Evening Standard, Tatler and the Guardian, amongst others. She was also the editor of the memoirs of Lady Annabel Goldsmith. She read English at the University of Oxford and has worked in publishing in both the UK and the States. She is the President of the Kent Branch of the Jane Austen Society, has two daughters and lives in London and Kent.
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