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Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Ben Wilson
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:544 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 127 |
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| Category/Genre | British and Irish History
World history - c 1750 to c 1900 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780571224692
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| Classifications | Dewey:941.07 |
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Main
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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| Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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| Publication Date |
3 April 2008 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
We see the Victorians as a respectable, well-mannered and sober people, yet a generation before Queen Victoria ascended the throne, the British were notorious for their boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness. How was it that this free-spirited and pleasure loving people embraced the kinds of values that we know as Victorian moralism? Decency and Disorder is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars. Acclaimed young historian Ben Wilson recreates their age, and some of its most exciting figures, in this remarkable history book.
Author Biography
Ben Wilson was born in 1980 and studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge as an undergraduate and graduate. The Observer said of him on the publication of his first book, THE LAUGHTER OF TRIUMPH: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press: "Ben Wilson may only be 25, but he is already an exceptional talent."
Reviews"'Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius...' Observer"
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