{"product_id":"great-silence-britain-from-the-shadow-of-the-first-world-war-to-the-dawn-of-the-jazz-age","title":"Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eGreat Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJuliet Nicolson\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780802119445\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGrove Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eJuliet Nicolson pieces together colorful personalities, historic moments, and intimate details to create a social history of the two years following the Great War in Britain. Not since Nicolson's \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Summer\u003c\/i\u003e have we seen an account that so vividly captures a nation's psyche at a particular moment in history.\u003cbr\u003eThe euphoria of Armistice Day 1918 vaporizes to reveal the carnage that war has left in its wake. But from Britain's despair emerges new life. For veterans with faces demolished in the trenches, surgeon Harold Gillies brings hope with his miraculous skin-grafting procedure. Women win the vote, skirt hems leap, and Brits forget their troubles at packed dance halls. The remains of a nameless soldier are laid to rest in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey. \"The Great Silence,\" observed in memory of the countless dead, halts citizens in silent reverence.\u003cbr\u003eNicolson crafts her narrative using a lively cast of characters: from an aging butler to a pair of newlyweds, from the Prince of Wales to T.E. Lawrence, the real-life Lawrence of Arabia. \u003ci\u003eThe Great Silence\u003c\/i\u003e depicts a nation fighting the forces that threaten to tear it apart and discovering the common bonds that hold it together.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Great Silence: Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age | Juliet Nicolson | Hardcover | 9780802119445 | Used: Like New | European History 1694128","offer_id":48485049041048,"sku":"1694128","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71b9_3CVNzL.jpg?v=1773436366","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/great-silence-britain-from-the-shadow-of-the-first-world-war-to-the-dawn-of-the-jazz-age","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}