Victorious Century

Informationen zum Autor Sir David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, Visiting Professor at Oxford University and the editor of the National Dictionary of Biography . His major works include The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy , Ornamentalism , Class in Britain and Mellon: An American Life . He is the general editor of two major series: The Penguin History of Britain and The Penguin History of Europe . At the Summit of the World? is his volume in the former series. Klappentext Sir David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, Visiting Professor at Oxford University and the Editor of the National Dictionary of Biography . His major works include The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy , Ornamentalism , Class in Britain and Mellon: An American Life . He is the general editor of two major series: The Penguin History of Britain and The Penguin History of Europe . Victorious Century is his volume for the former series. Zusammenfassung SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2018 'This is stupendous. The British nineteenth century, in all its complexity, all its horror, all its energy, all its hopes is laid bare. This is the definitive history, and will remain so for generations' A.N. Wilson To live in nineteenth-century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent in the human experience. There were revolutions in transport, communication, work; cities grew vast; scientific ideas made the intellectual landscape unrecognizable. This was an exhilarating time, but also a horrifying one. In his dazzling new book David Cannadine has created a bold, fascinating new interpretation of the British nineteenth century in all its energy and dynamism, darkness and vice. This was a country which saw itself at the summit of the world. And yet it was a society also convulsed by doubt, fear and introspection. Victorious Century reframes a time at once strangely familiar and yet wholly unlike our own. ...

Product details

• Authors: David Cannadine, David Canndine
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780141019130
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101913-0
• No. of pages: 624
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Penguin History of Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; European History, Social & cultural history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Industrialisation & Industrial History, Industrialisation and industrial history