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.
| ISBN: | 9780571224692 |
| Publication date: | 3rd April 2008 |
| Author: | Ben Wilson |
| Publisher: | Faber & Faber |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 510 pages |
| Genres: |
History |
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.
Decency and Disorder features in the following genres: History
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Decency and Disorder was written by Ben Wilson and published by Faber & Faber
Decency and Disorder has 510 pages