New Era. From the end of the Victorian era to the beginning of the third millennium
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New Era. From the end of the Victorian era to the beginning of the third millennium
19.99 €
15.99 €
The history of England is a continuous movement and a series of constant changes. But the whole history of England since primitive times has been permeated by continuity, so that the main thing in it is not change, but constancy. To this day, England feels an inextricable link with the past, with traditions and customs. It is still a country that resists change in every aspect of life. Peter Ackroyd shows the origins of England's age-old immutability, its conservatism and commitment to the past. In this volume, the events of England's history begin in 1902 with the end of the Anglo-Boer War, during which those who had previously felt pride in the empire were gradually embraced by disillusionment and shame. Edward VII, though falling short in political weight of his mother, Queen Victoria, was the most popularly beloved English king after Charles II. Under his son George V, the country fought in World War I and still retained some Victorian features, but by the end of the next monarch's reign it had changed beyond recognition. George VI came to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII, his elder brother, and became one of the symbols of the struggle against Germany and Nazism during World War II. He was the last Emperor of India and the last King of Ireland: the British Empire collapsed and its transformation into the Commonwealth of Nations took place. After the monarch's death and the coronation of his daughter, a new Elizabethan era began. By the turn of the millennium, which the narrative reaches, ten prime ministers had been replaced during the reign of Elizabeth II, the most famous of whom were Winston Churchill, Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair. A superb series of books by a celebrated British author comes to an end, but the story of England continues to unfold.
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series History of England