A Very British Family: The Trevelyans and Their World - Brossura

Trevelyan, Laura

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ISBN 10: 1780762879 ISBN 13: 9781780762876

Casa editrice: Tauris Academic Studies, 2012

Riassunto

'It is a rule that no Trevelyan ever sucks up either to the press, or the chiefs, or the "right people". The world has given us money enough to enable us to do what we think is right. We thank it for that and ask no more of it, but to be allowed to serve it', G.M. Trevelyan. The Trevelyans are unique in British social and political history: a family which for several generations dedicated themselves to the service and chronicling of their country, from the radical, reforming civil servant Charles Edward Trevelyan to the historian G.M. Trevelyan. Often eccentric, priggish, high minded and utterly self-regarding, they have nonetheless left their mark on our past. This engaging history dispassionately explores the lives and achievements of this unique family and the part they played in shaping the history of Great Britain.

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Recensione:

an intelligent, entertaining and strikingly fair account of one of Britain s most remarkable...families

Philip Ziegler, Spectator

This fascinating portrait reveals [the Trevelyans] as perhaps admirable and repellent in equal measure.

--David McLaurin, The Tablet

L'autore:

Laura Trevelyan is a BBC Correspondent. She has worked for the BBC since 1993, reporting for many radio and television programmes including Newsnight, The Today Programme and the Ten O'Clock News. She lives with her husband and children in New York.

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• Editore: Tauris Academic Studies
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1780762879
• ISBN 13: 9781780762876
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264