AFTER THE VICTORIANS
Written by A.N. Wilson
Published by Hutchinson
in 2005
ISBN: 0091794846
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AFTER THE VICTORIANS
Written by A.N. Wilson.
Stock no. 1831622
1st.
2005.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. How did Britain's power and influence decline? Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a few colour plates. xii and 609 pages including index. ISBN: 0091794846. Light vertical crease to spine (reading crease). Text block lightly browned with some minor foxing. Minor vertical 'line' to pastedowns mark where dustwrapper flaps end. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.