The Victorians by An Wilson

The Victorians by An Wilson

People, not abstract ideas, make history, and nowhere is this more revealed than in A. N. Wilson's superb portrait of the Victorians, in which hundreds of different lives have been pieced together to tell a story - one which is still unfinished in our own day. The 'global village' is a Victorian village and many of the ideas we take for granted, for good or ill, originated with these extraordinary, self-confident people. What really animated their spirit, and how did they remake the world in their view? In an entertaining and often dramatic narrative, A. N. Wilson shows us remarkable people in the very act of creating the Victorian age.

The best single-volume work on the Victorian age yet written -- Andrew Roberts * Evening Standard *
Huge, entertaining volume of popular history * Sunday Times *
A wonderful book * Sunday Telegraph *
A masterpiece of popular history -- Frank McLynn * Independent *
Wilson is incapable of writing a dull sentence.. This is the history of a vanished world brought to vibrant life -- Beryl Bainbridge * Observer *

A. N. Wilson was born in 1950 and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he has held a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism, winning prizes for much of his work. He lives in North London.

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ISBN 13	9780099451860
ISBN 10	0099451867
Title	The Victorians
Author	A N Wilson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornerstone
Year published	2003-09-04
Number of pages	784
Prizes	Short-listed for WH Smith Book Awards (General Knowledge) 2003, Short-listed for PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2003
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