About the book
1910s
The 1910s began with constitutional conflict, industrial tension and a powerful campaign for women’s suffrage. They soon became dominated by the First World War, a conflict that transformed families, employment, politics and Britain’s place in the world before an uneasy peace arrived in 1918.
1910s brings the decade together through politics, royalty, social change, culture, technology, sport and everyday experience. It considers the home front as well as military sacrifice, showing how shortages, grief and new responsibilities affected communities across the country. The war sits at the centre of the story, but the book also explores the reform movements and cultural changes surrounding it. This accessible decade portrait helps readers understand both the scale of disruption and the determination with which people adapted, ending with a nation victorious but deeply altered by what it had endured.