A Shellshocked Nation Museology & heritage studies their volatile family might grow

their volatile family might grow stronger

David Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire

showing instead a man of great emotional and spiritual depths

and the introduction of bank holidays and two-day weekends

with Father at war and Mother struggling to make ends meet

A Shellshocked Nation Museology & heritage studies their volatile family might growAfter the calamity of the Great War, there was a desire in Britain for escapist fun the lights of the Jazz Age, radio comedies and the pictures were a welcome respite from the grim reality of the Great Depression. Yet the storm clouds were gathering, and Britain between the wars was a turbulent, restless place and where the foundations of the modern nation were laid. Combining cultural, social and political history, this book is the next instalment in