{"product_id":"peace-and-war","title":"Peace And War","description":"\u003cp\u003e1914 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen when shots rang out in Sara-jevo on 28 June, they set in train a tumble of diplomatic dominos that led to Britain declaring war on Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNigel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Head of Zeus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42973698424998,"sku":"9781781852538","price":29.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781781852538_1.jpg?v=1656048742","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/peace-and-war","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}