After The Victorians. The Decline Of Britain In The World

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Picador
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2005
Edition: First Edition

Description: 609 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: A Guardian Favorite Book of the Year A. N. Wilson's landmark sequel to The Victorians is a colorful, panoramic portrait of the era that began with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and extended to the dawn of the Cold War in the early 1950s. Expertly mapping the connections between military, political, social, and cultural history, After the Victorians is an incisive chronicle of Great Britain's decline. Wilson delivers a timely analysis of imperialism and its discontents and a fresh account of the birth pangs of the modern world.

ISBN: 9780312425159