"1914"

The book is set from just before the start of the First World War in 1914. It is a work of fiction tied closely to real historic events. The story opens in the comfortable home, The Red House, Wilstead, of Mr John Dare and his family. Mr Dare is beginning to feel mildly bothered about events in Europe but cannot bring himself to believe that war might be a reality. Events begin to get complicated when he decides he must bring his oldest daughter, Lois, home from her studies in Leipzig, Austria. John Oxenham wrote many novels. This one was first published in 1916.