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The age of decadence : Britain 1880 to 1914 Cover Image Book Book

The age of decadence : Britain 1880 to 1914

Heffer, Simon (author.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 1847947425
  • ISBN: 9781847947420
  • Physical Description: xii, 897 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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  • Publisher: London : Random House Books, 2017.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 827-862) and index.

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Subject: Great Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910
Great Britain -- History -- George V, 1910-1936
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century

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