LITTLE ENGLANDERS

There have been plenty of books on the Edwardians before but never one as richly enjoyable as this nobody has done a better job of capturing what ordinary people thought and cared about more than a century ago Dominic Sandbrook Book of the Week Sunday Times In Little Englanders Alwyn Turner reveals striking parallels between Britain in decline at the start of the 20th century and our own divisive age a page turner of a popular history Andrew Marr New Statesman The very best sort of panoramic portrait David Kynaston The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history yet they are that history at its climax Alwyn Turner sets the record straight bringing its characters strains and stresses brilliantly to life Simon Jenkins Britain s most electrifying contemporary social historian conjures the forgotten country of more than a century ago fiercely recommended Alan MooreWhen Queen Victoria died in 1901 it was the end of an era Britain s dominance stretched across seven continents and its ruling classes were wealthier than ever before Many later remembered the decade or so that followed as the long afternoon of an empire where the sun never set Yet the Edwardians themselves were acutely aware that the country was in a sta