{"product_id":"the-age-of-decadence-a-history-of-britain-1880-1914-paperback","title":"The Age of Decadence: A History of Britain: 1880-1914 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Heffer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 grandparents only dreamed of and enjoying an expanding range of comforts and pastimes. The mood of pride and self-confidence can be seen in Edward Elgar's \u003ci\u003ePomp and Circumstance\u003c\/i\u003e marches, newsreels of George V's coronation, and London's great Edwardian palaces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet beneath the surface things were very different In \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Decadence, \u003c\/i\u003e Simon Heffer exposes the contradictions of late-Victorian and Edwardian Britain. He explains how, despite the nation's 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 century's 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 national psyche that embraced the motor-car, the sensationalist press, and the science fiction of H. G. Wells, but also the nostalgia of A. E. Housman.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Heffer\u003c\/b\u003e took a PhD in modern history at Cambridge. His previous books include: \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Decadence; \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLike the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePower and Place: The Political Consequences of King Edward VII\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eNor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England.\u003c\/i\u003e In a thirty-year career on Fleet Street, he has held senior editorial positions on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Spectator \u003c\/i\u003eand is now a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 912\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.5 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52700526870861,"sku":"9781643139524","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/d2Q0TjV1NkpxMzRhQjl4K0pyVmVXdz09.webp?v=1762201229","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-age-of-decadence-a-history-of-britain-1880-1914-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}