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Viking has bought the rights to book which describes England in 1914, on the eve of the outbreak of the First World War.
Eleo Gordon, editorial director at Viking, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to England’s Loss Of Innocence by Mark Bostridge from Simon Trewin of United Agents.
The book looks at England shortly before the outbreak of the war and the opening months of the conflict. The Penguin imprint will publish the title at the end of 2013.
Bostridge previously wrote a biography, Florence Nightingale: The Woman and Her Legend, which was published by Viking in September 2008. Bostridge said: "I am thrilled to be working with Viking again on a book which I hope will offer exciting new insights into a watershed year in English history."