Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837 - Rilegato

Wilson, Ben

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ISBN 10: 0571224687 ISBN 13: 9780571224685

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2007

Riassunto

We all see the Victorians as a respectable, well-mannered and sober people, yet a generation before Queen Victoria ascended the throne, the British were notorious for their boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness. How was it that this free-spirited and pleasure-loving people embraced the kinds of values that we know as Victorian moralism?

Decency and Disorder is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars. Acclaimed young historian Ben Wilson recreates their age, and some of its most exciting figures, in this landmark history book.

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Descrizione del libro:

A brilliant new account of the colourful and outrageous period before the Victorians - the age of Jane Austen and Byron.

L'autore:

Ben Wilson was born in 1980 and studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge as an undergraduate and graduate.

The Observer said of him on the publication of his first book, THE LAUGHTER OF TRIUMPH: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press: "Ben Wilson may only be 25, but he is already an exceptional talent."

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0571224687
• ISBN 13: 9780571224685
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 544