RULE NOSTALGIA: A BACKWARDS HISTORY OF BRITAIN (PB)

From 'Victorian values' to 'dark satanic mills' to 'Merry England', a longing for the good old days is, appropriately, nothing new. Asking why nostalgia has been such an enduring and seductive emotion across hundreds of years of change, this book separates history from fantasy, debunks pervasive myths about the past, and illuminates the remarkable influence that nostalgia's perpetual backwards glance has had on history, politics and society.