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Eminent Edwardians: Four Figures who Defined their Age: Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell
Eminent Edwardians Four Figures who Defined their Age Northcliffe Balfour Pankhurst BadenPowell
Author: Piers Brendon
Astute, witty, and mercifully brief, Eminent Edwardians is a portrait of an age. Piers Brendon reveals the essence of the Edwardian era in biographical sketches of four of its most famous figures: Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister and inspirer of the Balfour Declaration on Palestine; Emmeline Pankhurst, dare-devil Suffragette and ?castrating...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781844130818
ISBN-10: 1844130819
Publication Date: 5/1/2003
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Random House UK
Book Type: Paperback
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levyk27 avatar reviewed Eminent Edwardians: Four Figures who Defined their Age: Northcliffe, Balfour, Pankhurst, Baden-Powell on + 2 more book reviews
I'm interested in this period, but the author's constant efforts to phrase everything in a "clever" way are very distracting. After a chapter or two, I got tired of trying to sift through the wit for actual content.


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