Zeppelin Nights: London in the First World War

‘Zeppelin Nights is social history at its best… White creates a vivid picture of a city changed forever by war’ The Times

2018 marks the centenary of the end of the First World War. In those four decisive years, London was irrevocably changed. Soldiers passed through the capital on their way to the front and wounded men were brought back to be treated in London’s hospitals. At night, London plunged into darkness for fear of Zeppelins that raided the city. Meanwhile, women escaped the drudger...