| Description |
xiii, 385 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Parliament: The Palace of Westminster as the Palace of Varieties -- 2. Statecraft: The Haunting Fear of National Decline -- 3. Thrones: Churchill and Monarchy in Britain and Beyond -- 4. Language: Churchill as the Voice of Destiny -- 5. Locality: The 'Chamberlain Tradition' and Birmingham -- 6. Piety: Josiah Wedgwood and the History of Parliament -- 7. Emollience: Stanley Baldwin and Francis Brett Young -- 8. Diplomacy: G. M. Trevelyan and R. B. Merriman -- 9. Tradition: Gilbert and Sullivan as a 'National Institution' -- 10. Conservation: The National Trust and the National Heritage -- 11. Sentiment: Noel Coward's Patriotic Ardour -- 12. Fantasy: Ian Fleming and the Realities of Escapism |
| Summary |
"In this book David Cannadine reconnects the inhabitants of Britain with just what an odd and interesting a place they really live in. It brings together some of this most brilliant writing on Britain's past, and on the obsession with that past, which continues despite all efforts to shake it off." "Church dominates these pages. As modern Britain's savior, but also as a self consciously Victorian figure from another age, he sums up the strange cross currents of British life. Cannadine is equally compelling on the institutions and individuals who epitomize a realm caught between the past and the present - the National Trust, Gilbert and Sullivan, Ian Fleming, Noel Coward, G. M. Trevelyan, Stanley Baldwin and the iconic Palace of Westminster itself."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 316-369) and index |
| Subject |
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056915
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056911
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United Kingdom -- Civilization -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056626
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United Kingdom -- Civilization -- 19th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056625
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| LC no. |
2002029345 |
| ISBN |
0195219260 |
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