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Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
Ben Wilson
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Description for Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
Paperback. Explores a time when Britain tried to straighten out its moral code, ridding itself of its boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness - raising uncomfortable but fascinating parallels with our own age. This book is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, and some of its exciting figures. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 34. Weight in Grams: 426.
Brilliant young historian Ben Wilson explores a time when licentious Britain tried to straighten out its moral code, ridding itself of its boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness - raising uncomfortable but fascinating parallels with our own age. Decency and Disorder is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, and some of its most exciting figures.
Brilliant young historian Ben Wilson explores a time when licentious Britain tried to straighten out its moral code, ridding itself of its boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness - raising uncomfortable but fascinating parallels with our own age. Decency and Disorder is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, and some of its most exciting figures.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571224692
SKU
V9780571224692
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99-31
About Ben Wilson
Ben Wilson was born in 1980 and studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge as an undergraduate and graduate. The Observer said of him on the publication of his first book, THE LAUGHTER OF TRIUMPH: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press: "Ben Wilson may only be 25, but he is already an exceptional talent."
Reviews for Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
"'Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius...' Observer"