Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present by Lawrence James

Aristocrats: Power, Grace, and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes from 1066 to the Present

Lawrence James

438 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Aristocracy means "rule by the best." For nine hundred years, the British aristocracy considered itself ideally qualified to rule others, make laws, and guide the nation. Its virtues lay in its collective wisdom, its attachment to chivalric codes,...

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