Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain

In this stylish and handsomely illustrated book, the eminent historian and author of The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy brings his characteristic wit and acumen to bear on the British aristocracy. Probing behind the legendary escapades and indulgences of patricians such as Lord Curzon, Winston Churchill, Harold Nicolson, and Vita Sackville-West, Cannadine offers controversial reappraisals of the aristocracy, transforming wastrels into heroes and the self-satisfied into the second-rate.