Simon Heffer
Age of Decadence Paperback Book
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A riveting account of the preFirst World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read. Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesA magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch. Jonathan Meades, Literary Review The folkmemory 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 selfconfidence is familiar from Elgars Pomp and Circumstance marches, newsreels of George Vs coronation and the Londons great Edwardian palaces.Yet things were very different below the surface. In The Age of Decadence Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of lateVictorian and Edwardian Britain. He explains how, despite the nations 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 centurys 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...
Binding: Paperback;928 pages; Publisher: Cornerstone; Classification: HBJD1; Weight: 794 g; Dimensions: 188 x 154 x 49
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A riveting account of the preFirst World War years . . . The Age of Decadence is an enormously impressive and enjoyable read. Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesA magnificent account of a less than magnificent epoch. Jonathan Meades, Literary Review The folkmemory 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 selfconfidence is familiar from Elgars Pomp and Circumstance marches, newsreels of George Vs coronation and the Londons great Edwardian palaces.Yet things were very different below the surface. In The Age of Decadence Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of lateVictorian and Edwardian Britain. He explains how, despite the nations 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 centurys 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...
Binding: Paperback;928 pages; Publisher: Cornerstone; Classification: HBJD1; Weight: 794 g; Dimensions: 188 x 154 x 49
Extended returns Orders placed after 29th October 2026 can be returned until 5th January 2027
Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back. When you purchase Debenhams Deliver+, you will have an extra 14 days on top of our standard 21-day window to initate a return.
Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.
Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.
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Simon Heffer
Age of Decadence Paperback Book
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