Dominion
19 September 2019Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
Uncover the intricate past of England in Peter Ackroyd's acclaimed volume, Dominion, a crucial part of his sweeping History of England series. This charismatic narrative opens with the aftermath of Waterloo in 1815 and concludes with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901.
Ackroyd masterfully recounts the era of George IV, whose rule witnessed staunch resistance to reform, and that of...
Details
19 September 2019352 pages
9781509881321Imprint: Picador
Reviews
A masterful assessment of a period that saw change in every area of lifeHistory Revealed
It is Ackroyd’s depiction of an anxious society in the grip of rapid change – industrialisation, fast urbanisation, the impact of the railway and the electric telegraph – that is the most riveting … fascinatingThe Times
Ackroyd makes history accessible to the laymanIan Thomson, Independent
Ackroyd is a fascinating mix of a nineteenth-century narrative historian and modern social analystGerard de Groot, The Times
