Decency and Disorder

Ben Wilson

RRP: £12.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 03/04/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A dazzling new account of the colourful and outrageous period before the Victorians, the age of Jane Austen and Byron. From the highly acclaimed author of "The Laughter Of Triumph". 'Wilson has a flair amounting almost to genius.' "Observer"

Publisher's description:

Explores a time when 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. This book is about the generation who grew up during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, and some of its exciting figures.

ISBN: 9780571224692