Guy Cuthbertson is Head of the School of Humanities at Liverpool Hope University. He lives in Liverpool, UK.
“Absorbing and well-researched. . . a pleasure to read and full of
fascinating tidbits."—Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal
"A wonderful tapestry of the mood and events across the country,
drawing on a wide range of local and regional newspapers. It is
accessible history at its best."—Robert Fox, Evening Standard
“Superbly researched and exhaustive survey of the day the Great War
ended”—Simon Heffer, Literary Review
“The book is thoughtful but easy to read.” — Jad Adams, Who Do You
Think You Are
“Rich and lively written” —Neil Sharkey, Remembrance
Peace at Last is a well-written, intensely researched piece of
work”— Phil Carradice, Siegfried’s Journal
“Informed and absorbing account of the day of the Armistice”
—Nicholas Murray, Friends Of The Dymock Poets
“Marvellous book” —Clothes In Books
“Cuthbertson has provided a detailed account of how that day was
experienced by people at the time, attempting to avoid the
retrospection of the Second World War that has undoubtedly altered
the way Armistice Day has been understood in popular memory [. . .]
it is an important contribution to the literature”— History Reviews
of New Books
“Guy Cuthberston’s extraordinary and moving book… offers an almost
overwhelming sense of the magnitude of History…By presenting one
single day in fragmentary form…[this book] is a work of historical
philosophy, as much as a record of one particular day.”—Christine
E. Hallet, The Historian
“With beautiful and detailed prose, Cuthbertson creates a work of
narrative history reminiscent of Barbara Tuchman and nearly
impossible to put down.”—Nicoletta F. Gullace, Journal of British
Studies
“A timely contribution to our understanding of the First World War
through the lens of its final day, Peace at Last chronicles a range
of voices and experiences that have not been brought together
before. It is a fascinating read.”—Jane Potter, author of Boys in
Khaki, Girls in Print: Women's Literary Responses to the Great War
1914-1918
“Peace at Last offers a fresh, vivid, and deeply researched
analysis of the British experience on Armistice Day 1918. The book
is a delight to read: full of perceptive commentary and arresting
detail.”—David Stevenson, author of With Our Backs to the Wall:
Victory and Defeat in 1918
“Cuthbertson is a superb biographer, and his panoramic new book
gives us the biography---so to speak---of Armistice Day. It is the
most complete account so far of a day that, even a century later,
shows no sign of loosening its hold on our cultural memory.”—Tim
Kendall, author of Modern English War Poetry
“Cuthbertson combines the curiosity of the biographer and the
delicacy of the literary historian to recover the life-story of a
single day. Imaginative, moving and brilliantly researched, Peace
at Last brings together ordinary men, women and children as well as
artists and writers in a novel way to help us better understand an
extraordinary day in world history.”—Santanu Das, author of Touch
and Intimacy in First World War Literature
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