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The Victorians

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Victorians
Authors and Contributors      By (author) A.N. Wilson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:752
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreSocial and cultural history
British and Irish History
ISBN/Barcode 9780099451860
ClassificationsDewey:941.081
Audience
General
Illustrations 32

Publishing Details

Publisher Cornerstone
Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
Publication Date 4 September 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

People, not abstract ideas, make history and in this volume A.N. Wilson has pieced together hundreds of different lives to tell a story - one that 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.

Author Biography

A. N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has held a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

Reviews

The best single-volume work on the Victorian age yet written -- Andrew Roberts * Evening Standard * Huge, entertaining volume of popular history * Sunday Times * A wonderful book * Sunday Telegraph * A masterpiece of popular history -- Frank McLynn * Independent * Wilson is incapable of writing a dull sentence... This is the history of a vanished world brought to vibrant life -- Beryl Bainbridge * Observer *