Simon Heffer
Tuesday 12th November 2019
St Peter's Church, Broad Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4BB
7pm
7.30pm
In his searing new volume one of Britain’s foremost modern historians is our guide to the preparations for trench warfare here at home and how they led to change on an almost revolutionary scale. The infighting that saw parliament lock horns with the generals in no way diminished four years of domestic struggle as our island population watched political obstinacy and incompetence shape our lives, for better or worse. The result is a richly nuanced picture of an era that advanced the emancipation of women, notions of better health care and education, and which pointed the way to a less deferential, more egalitarian future.
Simon Heffer’s knowledgeable, eloquent writing has left an indelible mark on his readers and we are delighted to be able to welcome him to Ely.