Portrait of an Age

by G.M. Young

Book Overview

In this provocative book, G.M. Young explores the kaleidoscope of changing ideas, institutions, conventions, and tastes of the Victorian era. Offering a sensitive interpretation of what it meant to live in this age, he records the fresh impressions made by such events as the Fall of Khartoum and the death of Prince Albert, drawing heavily on his own recollections of past conversations and gossip. Young has written this remarkable survey in a style...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192810057
• ISBN13: 9780192810052
• Release Date: April 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.8"