The 1900s

The 1900s saw Britain rudely awakened into the new century, not least by its growing Labour and Women's Suffrage movements. But for a single, salutary event that epitomised the nation's post-Victorian overconfidence we need look no further than the disastrous London Olympics of 1908, at which Britain managed to annoy the rest of the world without really trying. These stories and many more are illustrated in the pages of this book through 300 unique period photographs.