When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, many proclaimed the start of a new Elizabethan Age. This title takes the reader on a journey, distilling half a century of unprecedented social and political change. It propels you from post-war austerity through the alterations in our social landscape to the multi-cultural Britain.

In a panoramic survey of the Victorian Age, this work describes the men and women who brought the modern age into being. The capitalist world was challenged by the ideas of such men as Karl Marx, William Morris and George Bernard Shaw - here they are. Here are also the lofty and famous and here too are the poor and the obscure.

John Betjeman was by far the most popular poet of the twentieth century. Television audiences loved his quirky evocations of landscape and architecture. As Poet Laureate, he became a national icon, but behind the public man were doubts and demons. This title offers an overview of Betjeman.

How did Britain's power and influence decline? Seeking to answer this question, this book begins with the reign of Edward VII, when Great Britain commanded the mightiest empire in the world. It ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, when Britain emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power.

Presents the story of the relationship between Winifred Wagner and Adolf Hitler that took place during the years 1923-40, as seen through the eyes of the secretary at the Wagner house in Bayreuth.

Presents defining events and characters of the modern age, from the Suez crisis to Vietnam, The Beatles to Princess Diana, the miners' strike to the Cold War. This book also features the Angry Young Men, the satirists of Beyond the Fringe, Ruth Ellis and the abolition of hanging, the rise of pop culture and celebrity, and industrial unrest.

Features patriotic works from word-smiths such as Hilaire Belloc, G K Chesterton, Rudyard Kipling and the lyrics of Gilbert and Sullivan.

This volume contains all of Belloc's published verse, including Heroic Poem in Praise of Wine , rhymes from Cautionary Tales and pieces from The Bad Child's Book of Beasts .

Presents a portrait of the Victorian era. This large-format hardback contains over 150 illustrations, including photographs, paintings, drawings and cartoons from the age.

Arguing against the view of Paul as the originator of Christian prejudice against women and homosexuals, or the bigoted theologue who distorted the message of Jesus, Wilson sees Paul as the first of the great romantic poets and the man who made the crucified Jesus his inner light and thus preserved the image of Christ the Saviour for posterity.

A short, entertaining and passionate history of London by the bestselling author of THE VICTORIANS

John Henry Newman is recognized as one of the greatest Christian thinkers of modern times and has been hailed as a great prophet of twentieth century Christianity. He was also a man of prayer and deep spirituality. Beginning with an Introduction to Newman's life and thought, this anthology provides daily readings over a six-month period.

This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis.

Presents the author's view on the cinematic portrayal of Iris as an Alzheimer's victim. Here, he presents the fiercely intelligent novelist and philosopher, and shows us a relationship that was deeply loving yet profoundly eccentric and very unconventional for its day.

When this book begins, in the reign of Edward VII, Great Britain commands the mightiest empire the world has ever seen. By the time it ends, with the Coronation of Elizabeth II, Britain has emerged victorious from a world war, but ruined as a world power. How did Britain's power and influence decline? This book seeks to answer this question.

Presents a story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. This book reflects a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual.

Presents the story of the extraordinary relationship between Winifred Wagner and Adolf Hitler that took place during the years 1923-40, as seen through the eyes of the secretary at the Wagner house in Bayreuth.

This title reappraises our readings of the Gospels, reinterpreting the story of Jesus's birth, his life as a carpenter and the dramatic events surrounding his arrest and trial. It rescues Jesus from the tangles of Christian history, to present a portrait of the man behind the myth.

A fictionalized account of the author's own early experience, which ranks with Turgenev's Huntsman's Sketches as a masterpiece of 19th-century Russian pastoral life.

A.N. Wilson's sympathetic, readable and analytical narrative places John Milton, one of the greatest poets of the 17th century, in the context of his political and religious ideas.