For king and country : the British monarchy and the First World War /

This is a groundbreaking history of the British monarchy in the First World War and of the social and cultural functions of monarchism in the British war effort. Heather Jones examines how the conflict changed British cultural attitudes to the monarchy, arguing that the conflict ultimately helped to...

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Main Author: Jones, Heather, 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [2021].
Edition:First edition.
Series:Studies in the social and cultural history of modern warfare.
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