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The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914

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The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914
AuthorSimon Heffer
LanguageEnglish
PublisherRandom House
Publication date
2017
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages912
ISBN978-1-84794-742-0

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

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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

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  1. ^ "The Age of Decadence". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ^ Adams, Jad (17 September 2017). "In The Age of Decadence, Simon Heffer leaves his comfort zone". New Statesman. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. ^ Jolliffe, John (16 September 2017). "Swagger and squalor". The Spectator. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  4. ^ Parry, Jonathan (30 November 2017). "What's the big idea?". London Review of Books. 39 (23). Retrieved 10 April 2024.