ENGLISH

Lords of Misrule: Hostility to Aristocracy in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain

By Antony Taylor (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2004
ISBN
978-1-349-51586-8, 978-0-230-51400-3
DOI
10.1057/9780230514003
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1115955 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
XII, 233\246
Time added
2016-11-20 09:00:00
History of Britain and Ireland;Social History;Cult

Description

Flamboyant, cultured and refined, aristocracy is often seen as a national treasure. Lords of Misrule takes a different view and considers the role of an aristocracy behaving badly. This is a book about the political, social and moral failings of aristocracy and the ways in which they have featured in political rhetoric. Drawing on the views of critics of aristocracy, it explores the dark side of power without responsibility. Less 'patrician paragons' than dissolute and debauched debtors, the aristocrats featured here undermined, rather than augmented, the fabric of national life. For the first time, Lords of Misrule recaptures the views of those radicals and reformers who were prepared to contemplate a Britain without aristocrats.

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