{"product_id":"books-peace-and-war-by-nigel-jones","title":"Peace and War","description":"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 Sarajevo 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.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53669187223825,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781781853351.jpg?v=1781506700","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-peace-and-war-by-nigel-jones","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}