The age of illusion
glimpses of Britain between the wars, 1919-1940
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Author
Publication
1983 - Oxford University Press, Oxford [Oxfordshire], England
Language
English
Word Count
73,000 words, Guess
Page Count
292 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3162341M
- ISBN-100192814230
- OCLC Control Number9393183
- Library of Congress Control Number83004155
- Goodreads2441258
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- LibraryThing1553503
Classifications
- DDC942.083
- LCCDA578 .B56 1983
Description
Funny sardonic story of the social and political changes in England between World War I and World War II. Full of strange and entertaining characters and accounts of the Spanish Civil War, the beginnings of the BBC, the Bright Young Things, etc. The writer gives equal time to misguided innocents, dunces and self-servers across the political spectrum. Very unlike his gentler later books about village life but as good in its own way.
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Series Statement
- Oxford paperbacks.
Other Editions
- The age of illusion: glimpses of Britain between the wars, 1919-1940
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