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**A polemical history of the British ruling class and how they ended up owning our nation.**The full, shocking story of the British aristocracy, from Anglo-Saxon times until the present day.Exploring the extraordinary and sometimes pernicious social and political dominance enjoyed by the British aristocracy over centuries,__Entitled__seeks to explain how a tiny number of noble families rose to such a position in the first place and reveals the often nefarious means they have employed to maintain their wealth, power and prestige. It examines the greed, ambition, jealousy and rivalry which drove local barons to compete with one another and aristocratic families to guard their inheritance with phenomenal determination. In telling their history, it introduces a cast of extraordinary characters: fierce warriors, rakish dandies, political dilettantes, charming eccentrics, arrogant snobs and criminals who got away with murder.Meticulously researched and engagingly written,__Entitled__tells a riveting story of arrogance, corruption and greed, the defining characteristic of the British ruling class.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Christopher Bryant
- Publisher
- Doubleday Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781473525511
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Government & Politics, Social_sciences
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