Rule, Nostalgia av Hannah Rose Woods

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<p><b><i>** </i>A <i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i>, <i>NEW STATESMAN</i> AND <i>GUARDIAN </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR <i>**</i></b><br><br><b>''A must read for anyone wanting to understand where the roots of our sense of a nation originated'' </b>- Janina Ramirez<i>, </i>bestselling author of <i>Femina</i><br><br><b>''A sharp new history of longing for the good old days'' </b><i>- Financial Times</i><br><br><b>''Our national story is so much stranger than we think: this book brilliantly insists that we look at it afresh''</b> - James Hawes, bestselling author of <i>The Shortest History of England</i><br>____________________________________________________<br><br><b>How has nostalgia shaped Britain?</b><br><br>Modern politicians implore us to draw on the ''Blitz Spirit'' of wartime Britain, post-war Britons mourned the lost innocence of Edwardian life, anxious Edwardians longed to return to a golden era of Victorian optimism, while Victorian artists dreamt of retreating to a medieval, pre-industrial age.