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Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britainby David CannadineISBN 0300059817 (0-300-05981-7)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain'Book summary:In this stylish and provocative book, the eminent historian David Cannadine brings his characterisitc wit and acumen to bear on the British aristocracy, probing behind the legendary escapades and indulgences of aristocrats Such as Lord Curzon, the Hon C.S. Rolls (of Rolls Royce), Winston Churchill, Harold Nicolson, and Vita Sackville -West, and changing our perceptions of them - transforming wastrels into heroes and the self-satisfied into tthe second-rate. Cannasine begins by investigating the land-owning classes as a whole during the last two hundred years, describing their origins, their habits, their increasing debts, and their involvement with the steam train, the horseless carriage, and the aeroplamne. He next focuses on patricians he finds particularly fascinating: Lord Curzon, an unrivaled ceremonial impresario and inventor of traditions; Lord Strickland, part English landowner and part Mediterranean nobleman, who has both an imperial proconsul and prime minister of Malta; and Winston Churchill, whom Cannadine sees as an aristocratic adventureer, a man who has burdened by more than he benefited fromhis family connections and patrician attitudes. Cannadiine then moves from individuals to aristocratic dynasties. He reconstructs the extraordinary financial history of the dukes of Devonshire, narrates the story of the Cozwns-Hardys, a Norfolk family who playeda remarkably varies part in the life of their country, and offers a controversial reapraisal of the forebears, lives, work, and personalities of Harols Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West- a portrait, notes Cannadine, of more than a marriage. [via]
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Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Winston Churchill's Famous Speechesby Winston L. S. Churchill, David CannadineISBN 0304317829 (0-304-31782-9)
Hardcover, Cassell P L C
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Class in Britainby David CannadineISBN 0300077033 (0-300-07703-3)
Hardcover, Yale University Press
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The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracyby David CannadineISBN 0300047614 (0-300-04761-4)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy'Book summary:The first serious and sustained attempt to study the remarkable history of the British aristocracy as it has unfolded during the last hundred years. David Cannadine recounts the process by which the notable and nobles lost their wealth, power and prestige. The result is a compelling account of one of the most significant changes to have occurred in modern British history: it is also a riveting human drama, sometimes absurd, sometimes tragic, invariably fascinating. [via]
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Empire, the Sea and Global History: Britain's Maritime World, c. 1760- c. 1840by David CannadineISBN 0230008992 (0-230-00899-2)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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History and the Mediaby David CannadineISBN 0230517803 (0-230-51780-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History and the Media'Book summary:[via]History is everywhere in the media. Television viewers can spend every evening watching a different historian expound upon Empire, Witchcraft, the Civil War or Royal Mistresses; or go to the cinema and watch reconstructions of the Second World War, American Civil War or Imperial China. Even current affairs reporting on television, radio or in newspapers implicitly or explicitly includes historical explanations. This book examines the boom in history, in television and film, newspapers and radio and the constraints and opportunities it offers. Leading historians and high profile broadcasters, such as Melvyn Bragg, Simon Schama, Tristram Hunt, Ian Kershaw and David Puttnam, draw on their personal experiences to explore the problems and highlights of representing history in the media.More editions of History and the Media:
History in Our Timeby David CannadineISBN 0300077025 (0-300-07702-5)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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In Churchill's Shadow: Confronting the Past in Modern Britainby David CannadineISBN 019517156X (0-19-517156-X)
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Making of the English Monarchyby David CannadineISBN 0300047959 (0-300-04795-9)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Mellon: An American Lifeby David CannadineISBN 0307386791 (0-307-38679-1)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empireby David CannadineISBN 019515794X (0-19-515794-X)
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Patricians, Power and Politics in Nineteenth-Century Townsby David CannadineISBN 0312598033 (0-312-59803-3)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The Rise and Fall of Class in Britainby David CannadineISBN 0231096674 (0-231-09667-4)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Trafalgar in History: A Battle And Its Afterlifeby David CannadineISBN 023000900X (0-230-00900-X)
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