The Edwardian age has been depicted as an “indolent summer afternoon of imperial and elite complacency,” but also as a period of rapid political, economic, and artistic change, culminating in the ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Historical Journal, celebrating the publication of its 50th volume this year, continues to publish papers on all aspects of ...

The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914. By Simon Heffer. Random House Books; 897 pages; £30. IN the late Victorian and early Edwardian period of 1880-1914, at least (see article), Britain had a ...