Staring At God: Britain In The Great War Simon Heffer Windmill Books Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

\ A Brilliant History: The First Serious And Really Wide-Ranging History Of Home Front During Great War For Decades Scholarly Objective Extremely Well-Written Filled With Surprising Revelations Empathy Heffer’s Eye Telling Detail Is Evident On Almost Every Page Remarkable Intellectual Literary Achievement – Andrew Roberts Telegraph Major New Work Profound Changes In British Society World Warthe Saw Millions Men Volunteer Or Be Recruited Into Army Their Lives Either Cut Short Overturned Women Were Bereaved Enlisted To Agriculture Government Engineering Yet Still Expected Hold Together Homes Families But While Conflict Caused Social Economic Political Devastation It Also Provoked Revolutionary Change Simon Heffer Uses Vivid Portraits Present Nuanced Picture Pivotal Era Loss An Appalling Scale Advanced Emancipation Brought Notions Better Health Care Education Pointed Way Less Deferential More Democratic Future Staring At God Vast Compendium Atrocious Conduct Refreshing Trenchant Gerard De Groot Times\ Magisterial History\ Melanie Mcdonagh Daily Mail‘gloriously Rich Spirited […] Zips Along Leavened By So Many Wonderful Cultural Details ’ Dominic Southbrook Sunday Times‘ambitious Its Scope Content Approach Masterly Charles Vyvyan Standpoint‘fascinating Stuff Spectator‘possibly Finest Most Comprehensive Analysis Ever Produced Review‘every Bit As Good Two Predecessors Illuminating Express‘absorbing’ Statesman Σελίδες: 944 Διαστάσεις: 12 8X12 8Cm