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Aspects of aristocracy : grandeur and decline in modern Britain by David Cannadine is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In this stylish and provocative book, the eminent historian David Cannadine brings his characteristic 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 the second-rate. Cannadine begins by investigating the l

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
David Cannadine
Publisher
Yale University Press
Published
1994
Language
EN
ISBN
9780300059816
Category
history
Subjects
History, Humanities
Updated
2026-03-25

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