After the Victorians

图书标准信息

• 作者 A.N. Wilson 著
• 出版社 Arrow
• 出版时间 2006-10
• ISBN 9780099451877
• 定价 212.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 624页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

HowdidBritaindecline?A.N.Wilsongoesinsearchofananswerinhismasterlyfollow-uptohisbestsellingTheVictorians.

InTheVictorians,theauthortoldthestoryofGreatBritaininherpre-eminence.ItendedwithBritainasthemightiest,richestnationonearth,possessedofahugeempire.Thatbook,however,isfullofforebodingsandharbingersofdisaster.Thisfollow-upbookisthestoryofthedeclineofBritain—andwithit,thedeclineofmanyofthethingsthatVictorianBritainstoodfor.Furthermore,Wilsonwillshow,theseedsofitsundoinghadbeentherefromthebeginning.

AsinTheVictorians,thisbookhasapanoramicsweep,buildingupaportraitoftheage—theCommunistRevolution,twoworldwars,theSpanishCivilWar,andtheunstoppablegrowthofAmericaasadominantworldpowerandthebeginningsoftheColdWar.ThisistheerainwhichBritainwassidelinedfromitsimportanceinworldpolitics.AlongsidethisisthestoryofthebeginningsofModernisminartandmusic,andradicalnewphilosophicalsystemsofthought.A.N.Wilsonvisitsthenovelists,thephilosophers,thepoetsandthepainterstoseewhatlighttheythrewontheactivitiesofthepoliticians,thescientistsandthegenerals.

Puttingtogethermilitary,political,socialandculturalhistory,AftertheVictorianscreatesapanoramicviewoftheera,andskillfullyidentifiesthesourcesandcausesofBritain’sdecline.

FromtheHardcoveredition.

【作者简介】

A.N.WilsonisafellowoftheRoyalSocietyofLiterature.Heisanaward-winningbiographerandacelebratednovelist,winningprizesformuchofhisfiction.FromtheHardcoveredition.