{"product_id":"headline-britons-1921-1925-9781785782091","title":"Headline Britons 1921-1925","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeadline Britons paints a unique picture of British life in the 20th and 21st centuries by re-examining some of the country's most notable characters. Each book covers a five-year span, telling the stories of a number of people who, in that time, stood out among their contemporaries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the 1920s progressed and Britain tried to recover from the horrors of war, the country enjoyed a short postwar boom - seeing the development of household gadgets such as dishwashers, sterilisers and cigar lighters - but it did not last and soon unemployment grew. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Pugh shows in this book that despite the 'swinging twenties' being largely a myth, the decade was enlivened by mouldbreaking characters such as birth control pioneer Marie Stopes, father of the BBC John Reith, and Horatio Bottomley - perhaps the biggest business fraudster of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Icon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781785782091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176","brand":"Peter Pugh","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52571149336757,"sku":"9781785782091","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/headline-britons-1921-1925-9781785782091","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}