Rule, Nostalgia

by Hannah Rose Woods

Longing to go back to the 'good old days' is nothing new. For hundreds of years, the British have mourned the loss of tradition and called for a revival of 'simpler', 'better' ways of life, from modern politicians indulging in fantasies of an imperial past, to Victorian artists yearning to retreat into a medieval dream of Merry England. But were the 'good old days' ever quite how we remember them? *Rule, Nostalgia* is a surprising, timely new history of Britain that separates the history from t

ISBN: 9780753558751