The country house at war
Subtitle: fighting the Great War at home and in the trenches
By: Simon Greaves
Publisher: National Trust Books; National Trust
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781907892776
Subjects: Social aspects; World War, 1914-1918; Women; Mansions; History
Description: The First World War touched every family in the country and this book tells a story of national collective action and intense private experience. Country House at War presents a history of the war through the houses and estates maintained by the National Trust. It shows what happened to the people who lived and worked in many great houses, both upstairs and downstairs, and portrays how they were affected by the war and what happened to those estates in its aftermath. The progress and impact of war can be charted through the buildings and their estates - lawns that had once hosted tea parties and croquet given over to machine gun training and convalescent exercises, for example. With many fascinating and poignant personal stories and many hitherto unpublished photographs of the time, this is an important celebration and commemoration of the First World War.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Home front; title: Women at war; title: A war of movement, 1914; title: Gallipoli, 1915; title: Loos, 1915; title: The Somme, 1916; title: Passchendaele, 1917; title: Soldiering on : everyday life on the Western Front; title: The war in the air; title: The war in faraway places; title: A war of movement, 1918; title: Aftermath.