The Age of Scandal

by T.H. White

Book Overview

"Between the Classical and the Romantic movements...there existed this other age, which was one of peculiar flavour," writes T.H. White, author of the classic children's novel The Sword in the Stone and numerous other tales of Arthurian bravery. In The Age of Scandal, first published in 1950, White focuses on the period in late 18th-century England that followed the Age of Reason--a period characterized by dilettantism, material comfort, and eccentricity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192819488
• ISBN13: 9780192819482
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

An Entertaining History of Eighteenth Century England

This book provides a highly amusing view of eighteenth century England, specifically the period immediately following the Augustan Age, i.e., the decades between the death of Alexander Pope (1744) and the publication of Wordsworth's "Lyrical Ballads" (1798). It is both educational and very funny. If you're interested in purchasing a hardback version, consider the beautifully bound one published by the Folio Society in 1993.