In Churchill's Shadow
Author(s): David Cannadine
Once Britannia ruled the waves and everyone knew what it meant to be British. But now things are not so clear. What defines Britishness in the modern age? Can we let go of our history? In Churchill's Shadow is a brilliant, provocative examination of a realm caught between the past and the present, which takes on a range of national icons from Ian Fleming to Gilbert and Sullivan, the National trust to Noel Coward, and, of course, Winston Churchill. Modern Britain's saviour and yet also a Victorian personality from another age, he embodies the contradictions within the British identity, and, it seems, is the one figure whose shadow we cannot shake off.
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David Cannadine is Director of the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. His previous books for Penguin include ORNAMENTALISM, CLASS IN BRITAIN and HISTORY IN OUR TIME. He is the general editor of both THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF BRITAIN and THE PENGUIN HISTORY OF EUROPE.
Part 1 Churchill in his world: parliament - the Palace of Westminster as the palace of varieties; statecraft - the haunting fear of national decline; thrones - Churchill and monarchy in Britain and beyond; language - Churchill as the voice of destiny. Part 2 Politics in diverse modes: locality - the 'Chamberlain Tradition' and Birmingham; piety - Josiah Wedgwood and the history of parliament; emollience - Stanley Baldwin and Francis Brett Young; diplomacy - G.M. Trevelyan and R.B. Merriman. Part 3 Vanishing supremacies?: tradition - Gilbert and Sullivan as a 'national institution'; conservation - the National Trust and the national heritage; sentiment - Noel Coward's patriotic ardour; fantasy - Ian Fleming and the realities of escapism.
General Fields
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- : penguin
- : pengui
- : 0.3
- : 31 December 2002
- : 197mm X 129mm X 24mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : notes, index
- : 385
- : 941.085
- : en
- : New edition
- : Paperback
- : David Cannadine