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The Victorians

  • Imprint: BBC Books

  • ISBN: 9781846077449

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 126mm

  • Weight: 328g

  • RRP: £14.99

The Victorians

Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian age takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imagination.

To Paxman, these paintings were the television of their day, and his exploration of Victorian art and society shows how these artists were chronicling a world changing before their eyes. This enthralling history is Paxman at his best - opinionated, informed, witty, surprising - and a glorious reminder of how the Victorians made us who we are today.

  • Imprint: BBC Books

  • ISBN: 9781846077449

  • Length: 304  Pages

  • Dimensions: 198mm x 24mm x 126mm

  • Weight: 328g

  • RRP: £14.99

Reviews

  • A real contribution to art history, introducing the reader to a rich mix of the familiar and the unfamiliar... the book certainly taught me things about the Victorians that I either did not know or had not thought about with sufficient imagination

    A.N. Wilson, The Guardian

  • A wonderful introduction to the sheer vibrancy of the Victorian era... genuinely impressive

    Dominic Sandbrook, The Evening Standard

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About the Author

Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge. He is an award-winning journalist who spent ten years reporting from overseas, notably for Panorama. He is the author of five books including The English. He is the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge and has presented BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art and Wilfred Owen.

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