After the Victorians

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<b></b> <b>A <i>Guardian</i> Favorite Book of the Year </b> A. N. Wilson's landmark sequel to <i>The Victorians</i> is a colorful, panoramic portrait of the era that began with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 and extended to the dawn of the Cold War in the early 1950s. Expertly mapping the connections between military, political, social, and cultural history, <i>After the Victorians </i>is an incisive chronicle of Great Britain's decline. Wilson delivers a timely analysis of imperialism and its discontents and a fresh account of the birth pangs of the modern world.