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Peace at Last Guy Cuthbertson

Peace at Last By Guy Cuthbertson

Peace at Last by Guy Cuthbertson

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In this portrait of Armistice Day, which ranges from midnight to midnight, Guy Cuthbertson brings together news reports, literature, memoirs, and letters to show how the people on the street, as well as soldiers and prominent figures like D.H. Lawrence and Lloyd George, experienced a strange, singular day of great joy, relief, and optimism.

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Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 by Guy Cuthbertson

A vivid, original, and intimate hour-by-hour account of Armistice Day 1918, to mark its centenary this year

November 11, 2018, marks the centenary of the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany ending World War I. While the events of the war and its legacy are much discussed, this is the first book to focus solely on the day itself, examining how the people of Britain, and the wider world, reacted to the news of peace.

In this rich portrait of Armistice Day, which ranges from midnight to midnight, Guy Cuthbertson brings together news reports, literature, memoirs, and letters to show how the people on the street, as well as soldiers and prominent figures like D. H. Lawrence and Lloyd George, experienced a strange, singular day of great joy, relief, and optimism.

Peace at Last Reviews

"Absorbing and well-researched. . . a pleasure to read and full of fascinating tidbits."-Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal
"A wonderful tapestry of the mood and events across the country, drawing on a wide range of local and regional newspapers. It is accessible history at its best."-Robert Fox, Evening Standard

"Superbly researched and exhaustive survey of the day the Great War ended" - Simon Heffer, Literary Review
"The book is thoughtful but easy to read." - Jad Adams, Who Do You Think You Are
"Rich and lively written" -Neil Sharkey, Remembrance
Peace at Last is a well-written, intensely researched piece of work"- Phil Carradice, Siegfried's Journal
"Informed and absorbing account of the day of the Armistice" -Nicholas Murray, Friends Of The Dymock Poets
"Marvellous book" -Clothes In Books
"Cuthbertson has provided a detailed account of how that day was experienced by people at the time, attempting to avoid the retrospection of the Second World War that has undoubtedly altered the way Armistice Day has been understood in popular memory [. . .] it is an important contribution to the literature"- History Reviews of New Books
"Guy Cuthberston's extraordinary and moving book... offers an almost overwhelming sense of the magnitude of History...By presenting one single day in fragmentary form...[this book] is a work of historical philosophy, as much as a record of one particular day."-Christine E. Hallet, The Historian
"A timely contribution to our understanding of the First World War through the lens of its final day, Peace at Last chronicles a range of voices and experiences that have not been brought together before. It is a fascinating read."-Jane Potter, author of Boys in Khaki, Girls in Print: Women's Literary Responses to the Great War 1914-1918
"Peace at Last offers a fresh, vivid, and deeply researched analysis of the British experience on Armistice Day 1918. The book is a delight to read: full of perceptive commentary and arresting detail."-David Stevenson, author of With Our Backs to the Wall: Victory and Defeat in 1918

"Cuthbertson is a superb biographer, and his panoramic new book gives us the biography---so to speak---of Armistice Day. It is the most complete account so far of a day that, even a century later, shows no sign of loosening its hold on our cultural memory."-Tim Kendall, author of Modern English War Poetry

"Cuthbertson combines the curiosity of the biographer and the delicacy of the literary historian to recover the life-story of a single day. Imaginative, moving and brilliantly researched, Peace at Last brings together ordinary men, women and children as well as artists and writers in a novel way to help us better understand an extraordinary day in world history."-Santanu Das, author of Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature

About Guy Cuthbertson

Guy Cuthbertson is associate professor of English literature at Liverpool Hope University, and the British Academy's Chatterton Lecturer on Poetry in 2018. He has edited two volumes of Edward Thomas's prose. He lives in Liverpool, UK.

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GOR009398965
9780300233384
0300233388
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918 by Guy Cuthbertson
Guy Cuthbertson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Yale University Press
2018-10-02
304
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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