Description
| Product ID: | 9780099451860 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Victorians |
| Authors: | Author: A.N. Wilson |
| Page Count: | 784 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Social and cultural history, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Social & cultural history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1800 to c 1900 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. Wilson shows us remarkable people in the very act of creating the Victorian age. People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson''s superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The ''global village'' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. What really animated their spirit, and how did they remake the world in their view? In an entertaining and often dramatic narrative, A. N. Wilson shows us remarkable people in the very act of creating the Victorian age. |
| Imprint Name: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Cornerstone |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-09-04 |
