The Long Week-End

Graves, Robert

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Author
Graves, Robert
Publish Date
01/01/1963
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
NORTON
Subtitle
A Social History of Great Britain, 1918-1939
Number of Pages
472
ISBN-10
0393002179
ISBN-13
9780393002171
SKU
9780393002171

Description

Across this crowded canvas of British life stride the Duke of Windsor & Mrs Wallis Simpson, Neville Chamberlain & dozens of other figures great & small who put their stamp on the era.
Note to 1st Edition
Note to 2nd Edition
Armistice, 1918
Revolution averted, 1919
Women
Reading matter
Post-war politics
Various conquests
Sex
Amusements
Screen & stage
Revolution again averted, 1926
Domestic life
Art, literature & religion
Education & ethics
Sport & controversy
The depression, 1930
Pacifism, nudism, hiking
The days of the Loch Ness monster
Recovery, 1935
The days of non-intervention
'The deepening twilight of barbarism'
Three kings in one year
Keeping fit & doing the Lambeth walk
Social consciences
'Markets close firmer'
Still at peace
Rain stops play, 1939
Index