The Jubilee Years: 1887-1897
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
At the height of Britain's imperial zenith, the decade spanning Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees — 1887 to 1897 — stands as one of the most dramatic and consequential periods in modern history, a moment when an empire confident in its supremacy was quietly beginning to fracture at its edges. Compiled by Roger Hudson, The Jubilee Years: 1887–1897 presents a richly curated anthology of contemporary voices, drawing on diaries, letters, journalism, and official accounts to reconstruct the texture of late-Victorian life across Britain and its vast dominions. The collection captures the grandeur of jubilee pageantry alongside the social tensions, technological upheavals, and imperial anxieties that simmered beneath the surface of Britannia's triumphant facade. Hudson's editorial hand is both scholarly and accessible, weaving together a mosaic of primary sources that allows the era to speak with startling immediacy and authority. Published by the prestigious Folio Society, the volume is presented with the meticulous care and editorial rigour for which that imprint is celebrated, making it an indispensable companion for anyone seeking to understand the contradictions of the late Victorian age. Whether one approaches it as a work of social history, literary anthology, or cultural document, The Jubilee Years leaves the reader wondering how a civilization so assured of its permanence could stand so close to the precipice of its own transformation.
Author: Roger Hudson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1996, The Folio Society
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
At the height of Britain's imperial zenith, the decade spanning Queen Victoria's Golden and Diamond Jubilees — 1887 to 1897 — stands as one of the most dramatic and consequential periods in modern history, a moment when an empire confident in its supremacy was quietly beginning to fracture at its edges. Compiled by Roger Hudson, The Jubilee Years: 1887–1897 presents a richly curated anthology of contemporary voices, drawing on diaries, letters, journalism, and official accounts to reconstruct the texture of late-Victorian life across Britain and its vast dominions. The collection captures the grandeur of jubilee pageantry alongside the social tensions, technological upheavals, and imperial anxieties that simmered beneath the surface of Britannia's triumphant facade. Hudson's editorial hand is both scholarly and accessible, weaving together a mosaic of primary sources that allows the era to speak with startling immediacy and authority. Published by the prestigious Folio Society, the volume is presented with the meticulous care and editorial rigour for which that imprint is celebrated, making it an indispensable companion for anyone seeking to understand the contradictions of the late Victorian age. Whether one approaches it as a work of social history, literary anthology, or cultural document, The Jubilee Years leaves the reader wondering how a civilization so assured of its permanence could stand so close to the precipice of its own transformation.