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1 online resource (1 audio file (12hr., 34 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Jennifer M. Dixon. |
| Summary |
As the euphoria of Armistice Day in 1918 quickly subsided, there was no denying the carnage that the Great War had left in its wake. Grief and shock overwhelmed the psyche of the British people-but from their despair, new life would slowly emerge. 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. And two years later, the remains of a nameless combatant would be laid to rest in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Westminster Abbey, as "The Great Silence," observed in memory of the countless dead, halted citizens in silent reverence. This history of two transformative years in the life of a nation features countless 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. The Great Silence depicts a nation fighting the forces that threaten to tear it apart and discovering the common bonds that hold it together. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Psychological aspects.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Influence.
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Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945.
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Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936.
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Social change -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| Added Author |
Dixon, Jennifer M..
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781705252635 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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170525263X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13463466 |
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