
Decency and Disorder
The Age of Cant 1789-1837
Ben Wilson(Author)
Faber & Faber (Publisher)
Published on 3. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-571-22469-2 (ISBN)
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.
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Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 37 mm
Weight
431 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-571-22469-2 (9780571224692)
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Person
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."
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."