The Great War In England In 1897
(Book #3 in the Sources of Science Fiction: Future War Novels of the 1890s Series)
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Growled by thoughtful, stern-visaged men, gasped with bated breath by pale-faced, terrified women, the startling news passed quickly round the Avenue Theatre from gallery to boxes. The crisis was swift, complete, crushing. Actors and audience were appalled. Though it was a gay comic opera that was being performed for the first time, entertainers and entertained lost all interest in each other. They were amazed, dismayed, awestricken. Amusement was nauseating; War, with all its attendant horrors, was actually upon them The popular tenor, one of the idols of the hour, blundered over his lines and sang terribly out of tune, but the hypercritical first-night audience passed the defect unnoticed. They only thought of what might happen; of the dark cavernous future that lay before. War had been declared against Britain-Britain, the Empire that had so long rested in placid sea-girt security, confident of immunity from attack, was to be invaded The assertion seemed preposterous.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1518608469
ISBN13:9781518608469
Release Date:October 2015
Publisher:Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Length:116 Pages
Weight:0.63 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"
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