The Age of Decadence: A History of Britain: 1880-1914 by Simon Heffer
- The Age of Decadence: A History of Britain: 1880-1914
- Simon Heffer
- Page: 912
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- ISBN: 9781643139524
- Publisher: Pegasus Books
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A richly detailed history of Britain at its imperial zenith, revealing the simmering tensions and explosive rivalries beneath the opulent surface of the late Victorian and Edwardian eras. The popular memory of Britain in the years before the Great War is of a powerful, contented, orderly, and thriving country. Britain commanded a vast empire: she bestrode international commerce. Her citizens were living longer, profiting from civil liberties their grandparents only dreamed of and enjoying an expanding range of comforts and pastimes. The mood of pride and self-confidence can be seen in Edward Elgar’s Pomp and Circumstance marches, newsreels of George V’s coronation, and London’s great Edwardian palaces. Yet beneath the surface things were very different In The Age of Decadence, Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He explains how, despite the nation’s massive power, a mismanaged war against the Boers in South Africa created profound doubts about her imperial destiny. He shows how attempts to secure vital social reforms prompted the twentieth century’s gravest constitutional crisis—and coincided with the worst industrial unrest in British history. He describes how politicians who conceded the vote to millions more men disregarded women so utterly that female suffragists’ public protest bordered on terrorism. He depicts a ruling class that fell prey to degeneracy and scandal. He analyses a national psyche that embraced the motor-car, the sensationalist press, and the science fiction of H. G. Wells, but also the nostalgia of A. E. Housman.
The age of decadence : a history of Britain: 1880 to 1914
The age of decadence : a history of Britain: 1880 to 1914 / Simon Heffer. ; Bibliography, etc.: Includes bibliographical references (pages 827-838) and index.
A History of Britain: 1880-1914 - The Age of Decadence
A richly detailed history of Britain at its imperial zenith, revealing the simmering tensions and explosive rivalries beneath the opulent
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 by Heffer, Simon
Title: The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 ; Publisher: Cornerstone ; Publication Date: 2017 ; Binding: Hardcover ; Book Condition: new.
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Yet beneath the surface things were very different In The Age of Decadence, Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He
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A richly detailed history of Britain at its imperial zenith, revealing the simmering tensions and explosive rivalries beneath the opulent
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880-1914 by Simon Heffer
Sep 24, 2017 — A riveting account of the pre-First World War years when the ruling class began to lose its grip. Review by Dominic Sandbrook · Advertisement.
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