Description
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: The Age of Cant 1789-1837 is Ben Wilson's dazzling new account of the colourful and outrageous period before the Victorians - the age of Jane Austen and Byron.
About the Author
Reviews
"'Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius...' Observer"
Book Information
ISBN 9780571224692
Author Ben Wilson
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 34mm
Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837 is Ben Wilson's dazzling new account of the colourful and outrageous period before the Victorians - the age of Jane Austen and Byron.
About the Author
Ben Wilson was born in 1980 and studied history at Pembroke College, Cambridge as an undergraduate and graduate.
The Observer said of him on the publication of his first book, THE LAUGHTER OF TRIUMPH: William Hone and the Fight for the Free Press: "Ben Wilson may only be 25, but he is already an exceptional talent."
Reviews
"'Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius...' Observer"
Book Information
ISBN 9780571224692
Author Ben Wilson
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 420g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 127mm * 34mm
