The Edwardians / Roy Hattersley.

The Edwardians / Roy Hattersley.

By
Hattersley, Roy.

Publication Date
2004-2005

Publication Information
New York : St. Martin's Press,

Edition
1st U.S. ed.

Physical Description
520 p. : ill.

Geographic Term
Great Britain -- History -- Edward VII, 1901-1910.
 
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.

Summary
Great parliamentary stars such as Lloyd George and Winston Churchill typified an era in which personalities dominated the headlines of the new tabloid newspapers. It was the age of Rolls and Royce, Scott and Shackleton, Edward Elgar, Shaw, the Pankhursts, and Mrs. Alice Keppel, whose social life was reported without mention of her relationship with the King. The theater of ideas superseded drawing room dramas. Novelists of genius---from Henry James to D. H. Lawrence---produced a masterpiece each year. A London gallery caused a sensation with an exhibition of "Postimpressionists." Edward Elgar was the first English composer for two hundred years to stand comparison with the continental European masters. In sport, Victorian chivalry was replaced with unashamed professionalism.

Language
English

ISBN
9780312340124


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
Mount Pearl (AMP) R. KingAdult NFicAdult Non-Fiction941.0823 H28Checked In