by A. N. Wilson · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099451860
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«The Victorians» is the historical essay by A. N. Wilson, published by Random House in paperback (738 pages, in English).
A. N. Wilson constructs a panoramic account of the Victorian era through the lives of those who lived it, from celebrated figures such as Darwin, Marx or Prince Albert to doctors, models and anonymous colonizers. The author shows how industrial capitalism and imperialism reshaped Britain and shaped the modern world.
The work was originally published in 2002; this edition is from 2003. It includes bibliography and index. It was shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize in 2003.
For readers interested in nineteenth-century British history, the Victorian era and biographies that explain social transformations.
