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Across this crowded canvas of British life stride the Duke of Windsor & Mrs Wallis Simpson, Neville Chamberlain & dozens of other figures great & small who put their stamp on the era. Note to 1st Edition Note to 2nd Edition Armistice, 1918 Revolution averted, 1919 Women Reading matter Post-war politics Various conquests Sex Amusements Screen & stage Revolution again averted, 1926 Domestic life Art, literature & religion Education & ethics Sport & controversy The depression, 1930 Pacifism, nudism, hiking The days of the Loch Ness monster Recovery, 1935 The days of non-intervention 'The deepening twilight of barbarism' Three kings in one year Keeping fit & doing the Lambeth walk Social consciences 'Markets close firmer' Still at peace Rain stops play, 1939 Index