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"We had always been convinced that Victorianism was a myth, engendered by the long life of the sovereign and of her most illustrious subjects. We were constantly being told that the Victorians did this, or the Victorians thought that, while my own difficulty was to find anything on which they agreed: any assumption which was not at some time or other fiercely challenged. 'Victorian History'.


One is the determination which, fifteen years after Waterloo, drove England past ...

One is the determination which, fifteen years after Waterloo, drove England past all barriers into a resolute Liberalism.

Another is the passion of goodwill and confidence which swept the country in 1851. A third is the second Jubilee.

The homely and somewhat slipshod festivities of 1887' were for domestic enjoyment and were indeed overshadowed by the ensuing misfortunes of Miss Cass The magnificence of 1897 was an Imperial defiance. After Cyprus, Egypt, Burma, Nigeria, Uganda, Baluchistan, Rhodesia: what with chartered companies and protectorates, an area fifty times as large as England had in ten years been added to the Queen's Dominions.

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Some Nemesis was due, and Nemesis had already shown its hand. The ...

Some Nemesis was due, and Nemesis had already shown its hand.