Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
(Paperback, Main)
Publishing Details
Decency and Disorder: The Age of Cant 1789-1837
By (Author) Ben Wilson
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
1st April 2008
Main
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
941.07
Physical Properties
Paperback
544
Width 127mm, Height 198mm, Spine 34mm
420g
Description
We see the Victorians as a respectable, well-mannered and sober people, yet a generation before Queen Victoria ascended the throne, the British were notorious for their boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness. How was it that this free-spirited and pleasure loving people embraced the kinds of values that we know as Victorian moralism
Decency and Disorder is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars. Acclaimed young historian Ben Wilson recreates their age, and some of its most exciting figures, in this remarkable history book.
Reviews
"'Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius...' Observer"
Author Bio
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."
