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Soft Cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. The summer of 1911 was one of the high sunlit meadows of English history, but on the horizon lurked a gathering strom. A new king was on the throne and the aristocracy was at play. Yet as temperatures soarded, cracks appeared under the surface with strikes, class divisions and the seeds of war to come. Thtrought the eyes of a series of exceptional individuals - among them a debutante, a choirboy, a politician, a trade unionist, a butler and the Queen - the author illuminates a turning point in history. Illustrated. 290 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paperback.