Orwell's Faded Lion: The Moral Atmosphere of Britain 1945-2015

by Anthony James

Orwell's Faded Lion traces the history of Britain from the end of the Second World War, during the darkest days of which George Orwell wrote The Lion and the Unicorn , calling for a British revolution, to the present. The book confronts the actual direction taken by British society against the background of the high hopes of the generation that survived the war. The book also considers Britain alongside its European neighbours, drawing upon personal...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184540758X
• ISBN13: 9781845407582
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.0"