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'The year has, indeed, begun in gloom. The King ill, and Kipling dead . . .' so wrote the diarist Chips Channon in 1936 as George V lay on his deathbed at Buckingham Palace. The passing of two such pillars of the establishment sent tremors through the nation and heralded the ending of the old order. 1936 was to be an extraordinary year: at home social and constitutional crisis threatened, while in Europe, the dictators were on the march. It was the year of the abdication and civil war in Spain. The tectonic plates of history were shifting - Britain would never be the same again. The Last Dance is told using the accounts of those who lived through this turbulent period. Through extracts from diaries of shopkeepers, socialites, bishops, and volunteers in Spain, and the memoirs of the unemployed, housewives and hostesses, as well as the contemporary accounts of politicians, journalists and poets, Blakeway offers a compelling and vivid account of a turning point in our nation's story.Product Identifiers
PublisherHodder & Stoughton
ISBN-139780719523939
eBay Product ID (ePID)107706214
Product Key Features
Number of Pages448 Pages
Publication NameThe Last Dance: 1936: the Year Our Lives Changed
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, History
Publication Year2011
TypeTextbook
AuthorDenys Blakeway
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height200 mm
Item Weight304 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorDenys Blakeway