by A . N . Wilson (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 738
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd., London
Published: 04 Sep 2003
ISBN 10: 0099451867
ISBN 13: 9780099451860
Book Overview: 'Rarely have author and subject been found in such deep and contented harmony- Wilson's tour de force' Robert McCrum, 'Books of the Year', Observer
Prizes: Shortlisted for WH Smith Book Awards (General Knowledge) 2003 and Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2003.