Aspects Of Aristocracy - Grandeur And Decline In Modern Britain

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British aristocracy's grandeur and decline explored.

Recommendation: Aspects Of Aristocracy is an insightful exploration of British aristocracy's grandeur and decline. David Cannadine's witty and acumen writing brings to life the stories behind aristocrats like Lord Curzon and Winston Churchill - perfect for history buffs and those interested in British society.

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Aspects Of Aristocracy - Grandeur And Decline In Modern Britain

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ISBN: 9780140249538
Authors: David Cannadine
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 1998-04-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
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In this remarkable collection of nine astute and superbly entertaining essays, historian David Cannadine offers his own observations about what makes the British aristocracy so powerful, vulnerable, quixotic, and endlessly fascinating. Starting with the birth of the British upper-class in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the essays provide a significant and provocative assessment of the roles these dynastic families played in the evolution of Britain's financial, geographic, and industrial history. Along the way, Cannadine critically dissects and rehabilitates the lives of Winston Churchill, Harold Nicolson, and Vita Sackville-West. Cannadine's uniquely informed perspective brings a mixture of sympathy and detachment, skeptical interest, and ironic fascination to the continuing drama of the aristocracy in modern history.
 

British aristocracy's grandeur and decline explored.

Recommendation: Aspects Of Aristocracy is an insightful exploration of British aristocracy's grandeur and decline. David Cannadine's witty and acumen writing brings to life the stories behind aristocrats like Lord Curzon and Winston Churchill - perfect for history buffs and those interested in British society.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.