The Last Victorians. A Daring Reassesment of Four Twentieth Century Eccentrics. Sir William Jounson-Hicks. Dean Inge. Lord Reith and Sir Arthur Bryant de W. Sydney Robinson - 2014

London England: The Robson Press. Fine/Near Fine. 2014. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 9781849547161 Hardcover Hardcover. First Edition. The Last Victorians. A Darin Reassment of Four Twentieth Century Eccentrica. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Dean Inge, Lord Reith and Sir Arthur Bryant. From the winner of the Political Book Awards 2013 Best Political Biography. In this daring group biography, the author explores the extraordiinary lives of four of these Victorian survivors: the 'Puritan Home Secretary', William Joynson-Hicks (1865-1932; the 'Gloomy Dean' of St. |Paul's Cathedral, W. R. Inge (1860-1954); the beliggerent founder of the BBC, John Reith (1889-1971), and the ultra-patriotic popular historian and journalist Arther Bryant (1899-1985). While revealing their manifold foibles and eccentricities, Robinson argues that these figures were truly great - even in error. Illustrated. 304 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.) .