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author ends the 13th of November.

It was the bells that let lots of people in Britain know that the First World War was over.

They had been silent for months on end, but on the 11th of November 1918, makeshift crews of ringers returned to their bellfries, producing peals that made people stop in the streets and ask each other,

Is it peace at last? Beyond just its consequences as an

unprecedented military conflict, the Great War was utterly transformative

for every aspect of life in Britain, from politics to literature to work and more.

It changed forever the place of women in society for instance and helped to create the conditions in which the Golden Age of Detective Fiction

dawned in the decade to follow.

This much we know, looking back from our vantage point a century and more later, But what was the day like itself, when the bells began to

ring and the future was unknown? That's what we're going to find out. Welcome to She-Dunit, I'm Caroline Crampton.

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