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Peace at Last - A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 (Paperback)
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Peace at Last - A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R345
Discovery Miles 3 450
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What happened on the last day of the Great War? Each year since we
have marked the end of the war with tributes and remembrance,
solemnity and respect. But as Peace at Last reveals, the first
Armistice Day in 1918 was entirely unprecedented and extraordinary.
Upon hearing the news of the peace, crowds of people took to the
streets, scaled statues, burnt effigies on bonfires and ran riot as
joy and relief swept through the British population and the wider
world. Drawing on news reports, literature, memoirs and letters,
Cuthbertson brings to the fore the full strangeness of the day -
its celebratory, wild atmosphere - and the experiences of ordinary
people as well as soldiers and prominent figures like D. H.
Lawrence, Robert Graves and David Lloyd George. Cuthbertson takes
us from midnight to midnight - from when the Armistice was signed
to the removing of black paint from streetlamps, flooding cities
with light. Peace at Last is the compelling portrait of one of the
most important days in history - an exciting and inspiring moment
which has, until now, remained relatively unknown.
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