In this stylish and provocative book, the eminent historian David Cannadine brings his characteristic wit and acumen to bear on the British aristocracy, probing behind the legendary escapades and indu...
For a man with such conventional tastes and views, George V had a revolutionary impact. Almost despite himself he marked a decisive break with his flamboyant predecessor Edward VII, inventing the mode...
David Cannadine wykładał historię w Cambridge, a w 1988 roku przeniósł się na uniwersytet Columbii w Nowym Jorku. Wiele z jego prac z zakresu współczesnej historii Wielkiej Brytanii zostało nagrodzony...
To live in Victorian Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent in the human experience. There were revolutions in transport, communi...