The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914
Author | Simon Heffer |
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Language | English |
Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 2017 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Pages | 912 |
ISBN | 978-1-84794-742-0 |
The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914 is a 2017 book by the English historian Simon Heffer. It has been published in the United States as The Age of Decadence: A History of Britain 1880–1914.[1]
Summary
[edit]Simon Heffer chronicles the late Victorian era of British history. He portrays it as a decadent period, where an increasingly incompetent establishment wasted the prosperity and disintegrated the social structures that previous generations had struggled to build up.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Age of Decadence". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Adams, Jad (17 September 2017). "In The Age of Decadence, Simon Heffer leaves his comfort zone". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Jolliffe, John (16 September 2017). "Swagger and squalor". The Spectator. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Parry, Jonathan (30 November 2017). "What's the big idea?". London Review of Books. 39 (23). Retrieved 10 April 2024.