Britons watched the opening months of 1913 unfold with a sense of foreboding.
On the continent, they saw a brutal conflict in the Balkans increase the prospect of a war engulfing the whole of Europe.
On their doorstep, they observed the thorny issue of Irish home rule edge the island toward civil war as Ulsters Protestant Loyalists, led by Sir Edward Carson, vow they will fight to remain part of...