Rule, Nostalgia - A Backwards History of Britain
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| Verlag | Random House UK |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Seiten | 400 |
| Format | 13,7 x 2,5 x 19,9 cm |
| B-format paperback | |
| Gewicht | 270 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9780753558744 |
| Bestell-Nr | 75355874EA |
__ A FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR __
'A must read' - Janina Ramirez, bestselling author of Femina
'An eye-opening history of Britain's enduring fixation with its own past' - Jeremy Paxman
'Rule, Nostalgia announces Woods as one of the most interesting new historians of her generation' - Dan Snow
Longing to go back to the 'good old days' is nothing new. For hundreds of years, the British have mourned the loss of tradition and called for a revival of 'simpler', 'better' ways of life, from modern politicians indulging in fantasies of an imperial past, to Victorian artists yearning to retreat into a medieval dream of Merry England. But were the 'good old days' ever quite how we remember them?
Rule, Nostalgia is a surprising, timely new history of Britain that separates the history from the fantasy and traces back to its origins the powerful influence that nostalgia's perpetual backwards glance has had on Britis h history, politics and society.
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Indispensible and fascinating The Guardian (A 2022 Book of the Year)
