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(0)Simon Heffer
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An ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian Age-and the Victorian mind-by a master historian.
Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest, and uncertainty, there were attempts to assassinate the queen and her prime minister, and the ruling class lived in fear of riot and revolution. By the 1880s, it was a confident nation of progress and prosperity, transformed not just by industrialization but by new attitudes to politics,...
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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...
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The Telegraph newspapers maintain their high standards of accuracy, literacy and grammar thanks to a comprehensive style book used by all their journalists, covering everything from the correct title of a baron to the spelling of Gorden Kaye's Christian name when writing about Allo, Allo. But its rigor and exactitude are complemented by a deliciously baleful, even testy, wit – a quality much valued by, and indeed demonstrated by, its own readership...
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xii, 897 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"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...