After the Victorians: The Decline of Britain in the World
A Guardian Favorite Book of the Year A. N. Wilson's landmark sequel to The Victorians is a colorful, panoramic portrait of the era that began with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and extended to the dawn of the Cold War in the early 1950s. Expertly mapping the connections between military,...
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A Guardian Favorite Book of the Year A. N. Wilson's landmark sequel to The Victorians is a colorful, panoramic portrait of the era that began with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and extended to the dawn of the Cold War in the early 1950s. Expertly mapping the connections between military, political, social, and cultural history, After the Victorians is an incisive chronicle of Great Britain's decline. Wilson delivers a timely analysis of imperialism and its discontents and a fresh account of the birth pangs of the modern world.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780312425159 (0312425155)
Publish date: September 19th 2006
Publisher: Picador
Pages no: 624
Edition language: English
This book was generally pretty good, although not as compelling as some other history books I've read. It was still interesting enough, though.
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