Entitled: A Critical History of the British Aristocracy
£12.99
As ‘Brideshead Revisited’, ‘Gosford Park’ and ‘Downton Abbey’ have shown, a fascination about the lives of the wealthy and the powerful is a perennial national pastime. So too is a sense of Schadenfreude when they run into scandal or fall on hard times. This book gives a real insight into the development of the peerage in England, Scotland and Ireland, from Anglo-Saxon and Celtic times up until the present.
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“A proudly partisan history of the British aristocracy – which scores some shrewd hits against the upper class themselves, and the nostalgia of the rest of us for their less endearing eccentricities. A great antidote to Downton Abbey.” (Mary Beard)
Exploring the extraordinary social and political dominance enjoyed by the British aristocracy over the centuries, Entitled seeks to explain how a tiny number of noble families rose to such a position in the first place. It reveals the often nefarious means they have employed to maintain their wealth, power and prestige and examines the greed, ambition, jealousy and rivalry which drove aristocratic families to guard their interests with such determination. In telling their history, Entitled introduces a cast of extraordinary characters: fierce warriors, rakish dandies, political dilettantes, charming eccentrics, arrogant snobs and criminals who quite literally got away with murder.
| Weight | 0.319 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.7 × 12.8 × 2.8 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 464 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 305.520941 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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