F.M.L. Thompson looks at the long run of the English aristocracy
F.M.L. Thompson, 19 February 1987
The Aristocracy in England, 1660-1914
by J.V. Beckett.
Blackwell, 512 pp., £22.50, September 1986,0 631 13391 7 Show More
by J.V. Beckett.
Blackwell, 512 pp., £22.50, September 1986,
“... and unnatural circus tricks. At the end of this formidable survey of the aristocracy John Beckett notes that they have survived into the late 20th century ‘as protectors of the nation’s heritage’ and that some ‘even argue that as collectors of beautiful objects over time their families were thinking not merely of self-interest but of the ... ”
