The Great Silence by Juliet Nicolson
Armistice Day 1918 dawns with great joy for victorious Britain, but the nation must confront the carnage war has left in its wake. In The Great Silence, Juliet Nicolson looks through the prism of daily life to narrate the rich but unknown history of the slow healing Britain undergoes in the two years following that day. The two-year anniversary of the Armistice brings some closure at last: the remains of a nameless soldier, dug up from a French battlefield and escorted to London in a homecoming befitting a king, are laid to rest in glory in the Tomb of the Unknown at Westminster Abbey. The Great Silence, the two minutes observed in memory of those lost, halts an entire nation in silent reverence as Big Ben strikes eleven. The Great Silence paints a vivid picture of a nation fighting the forces that threaten to tear it apart--and discovering the common bonds that, as it moves into a new era, hold it together.Juliet Nicolson is the author of The Great Silence: 1918-1920 Living in the Darkness of the Great War and The Perfect Summer: Dancing into Shadow in 1911, as well as Abdication, a fiction. She is the granddaughter of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and the daughter of Nigel Nicolson, and the latest in a long line of record-keepers. She and her husband live in East Sussex, not far from Sissinghurst, where she grew up. Clemmie while Flora are her two daughters, and Imogen is her granddaughter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780802119445 |
| ISBN 10 | 0802119441 |
| Title | The Great Silence |
| Author | Juliet Nicolson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Grove Press |
| Year published | 2010-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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