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My book\u00a0Peace at La<\/i>st<\/em><\/a>: A Portrait of Armistice Day, 11 November 1918<\/em>\u00a0was published by Yale University Press in October 2018 (\u00a318.99 in hardback). \u00a0The audiobook<\/a> was published in December 2018. \u00a0The paperback was published in 2022.<\/p>\n

‘One of the strengths of this fine book is that the reader has the sensation that he or she actually took part in what, at the time, was regarded as the greatest day in the history of the world’.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(The Literary Review<\/a>, November 2018)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

‘It is accessible history at its best’ \u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(The Evening Standard<\/a>, 8 November 2018)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

‘With beautiful and detailed prose, Cuthbertson creates a work of narrative history reminiscent of Barbara Tuchman and nearly impossible to put down.’ (The Journal of British Studies<\/a>, 2020)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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This book will look in detail at the celebrations and in doing so expose a key moment in history \u2013 one that is entertaining, enlightening and culturally significant. What can also be revealed through focusing on the celebrations is something truly uplifting and inspiring, namely people\u2019s ability to hope, to look to the future after the worst of wars, to express joy at being alive, and to celebrate other people\u2019s good luck, even if their own had been worse. The following pages cover the day of the Armistice itself, the very last day of war, the first day of peace, from midnight to midnight, exploring the saddening last hours of fighting and then the pivotal moment when, at 11 a.m., the famous men and the fighting stepped aside, allowing peace and the people \u2013 and instinct and faith, tears and laughter, light and sound \u2013 to take over through the afternoon and into the evening. (‘Great Rejoicings’)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Read an extract on the Yale site<\/a>\u00a0and in Lapham’s Quarterly<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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  • I was a studio guest, discussing the Armistice, for the BBC One’s ‘Remembrance Sunday: The Cenotaph<\/a>‘.<\/li>\n
  • For the New Statesman<\/em>\u00a0I wrote an article on the Armistice, ‘The Armistice Bacchanal’<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • I wrote about the Armistice for the lead feature in The Tablet<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • For the November issue of BBC History Magazine<\/em> I wrote\u00a0an article about the Armistice, ‘The Day the World Turned Upside Down’.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em> was included in the Daily\u00a0Telegraph<\/em>‘s ‘Books of the Year’ selection of the year’s best history books\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was included in ‘Best Books of 2018: History’ in Gulf News<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • I gave a talk in Sheffield at the Off the Shelf Festival of Words<\/a> on 13 October 2018.<\/li>\n
  • I spoke at Gladstone’s Library<\/a> on 23 October 2018, and the audio is here<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • I signed books at IWM North on 17 November 2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • I was recently interviewed for the Military History Inside Out<\/a>\u00a0podcast, which is available on iTunes<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • I was interviewed on BBC Radio Merseyside and BBC Radio London.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed in November’s Who Do You Think You Are?<\/em>\u00a0Magazine<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed in November\u2019s Literary Review<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed in The Wall Street Journal<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed by\u00a0Kirkus.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed in The Spectator<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed in The Evening Standard<\/em><\/a>, as \u2018Book of the Week\u2019.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was included in The Tablet<\/em>‘s ‘Speed reading’<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed in\u00a0History:\u00a0<\/em>Reviews of New Books.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n
  • I was interviewed for The Liverpool Echo<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • I wrote an article on Gloucestershire and the Armistice, for the Friends of the Dymock Poets.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was reviewed by\u00a0the Western Front Association<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em>\u00a0was included in ‘Simpson’s Christmas Reading List’ <\/a>(in\u00a0Reaction<\/em> and Total Politics<\/em>).<\/li>\n
  • I featured in an article at History.com, ‘Why World War I Ended with an Armistice Instead of a Surrender’.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • I wrote a piece on ‘Armistice Attire’<\/a>\u00a0for the Yale University Press blog.<\/li>\n
  • Peace at Last<\/em> will be published in paperback on 28 September 2021 in the UK and on 26 October 2021 in the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    ‘It is accessible history at its best.’
    \nThank you     @EveningStandard<\/a>
    \n‘Peace at Last’ reviewed by Robert Fox    https:\/\/t.co\/tgIaFiMhtm<\/a>@YaleBooks<\/a> @yalepress<\/a><\/p>\n

    \u2014 Guy Cuthbertson (@guywjc) November 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n