The age of decadence : Britain 1880 to 1914

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Label

The age of decadence : Britain 1880 to 1914

Title remainder

Britain 1880 to 1914

Statement of responsibility

Simon Heffer

Creator

• Heffer, Simon

Subject

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

Language

eng

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

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 941'.081
• 941.081

Illustrations

• illustrations
• plates

Index

index present

Intended audience

Specialized

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

specialized