Bibliograph

The age of decadence, a history of Britain : 1880 to 1914, Simon Heffer

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The age of decadence, a history of Britain : 1880 to 1914, Simon Heffer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 827-838) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The age of decadence

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1244169868

Responsibility statement

Simon Heffer

Sub title

a history of Britain : 1880 to 1914

Summary

"The folk memory of Britain in the years before the Great War is of a powerful, contented, orderly and thriving country. She commanded a vast empire. She bestrode international commerce. Her citizens were living longer, profiting from civil liberties their grandparents only dreamt of, and enjoying an expanding range of comforts and pastimes. The mood of pride and self-confidence is familiar from Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance marches, newsreels of George V's coronation and the London's great Edwardian palaces. Yet things were very different below the surface. In 'The Age of Decadence' Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain"--Provided by publisher

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