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Anglais excentriques
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Un Premier ministre qui reçoit le chef des armées américaines en veste d'appartement et pantoufles armoriées, une fille de bonne famille qui s'étiole d'un amour impossible pour un proche de de Gaulle quand sa soeur se suicide avec un revolver offert par Hitler, des espions recrutés par l'URSS parmi la jeunesse décadente de Cambridge... Est-ce là un monde de fous ? Non, l'Angleterre de la première moitié du XXe siècle. L'excentricité - cette capacité à développer des comportements originaux au sein d'une société conformiste - participe depuis toujours à l'identité britannique. Mais au XXe siècle, l'influence des excentriques dépasse largement la mondanité : Churchill, Virginia Woolf, Keynes et le Bloomsbury font rayonner l'Angleterre, un pur esthète comme Philip Sassoon crée la RAF, les Glamour Boys, jeunes députés conservateurs homosexuels, soutiennent Churchill - contre leur parti - dans son combat contre Hitler, parfois au prix de leur vie. Pendant une cinquantaine d'années, les excentriques, grâce à un entre-soi fécond, apportent ainsi un souffle nouveau à leur nation. Derniers feux de la suprématie de l'aristocratie britannique en même temps que de l'Empire, ils constituent le chant du cygne d'un pays original, qui, à l'aube de son déclin, affiche ce qu'il a de plus singulier.
Genre: Eccentrics And Eccentricities, Upper Class
Format: Paperback
Published: 2024
Pages: 330
Publisher: Tallandier
ISBN: 9791021057050
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Our conditions mean the following:
- New - a brand new book
- Almost New - appears new but is actually secondhand.
- Very Good - only minor imperfections such as minor scuffs to edge or cover or a price written in pencil or shop sticker.
- Standard Secondhand - Clearly been read before, but not too bad. We do not recommend these for gifting. Spines usually creased. Could also include creases or folds to cover, some writing such as in the cover or elsewhere, underlining or highlighting, but might not do. Possibly some stains or marks. Similar in general to books in any secondhand shop or charity shop.
- Poor Condition - Usually this will have a specific problem such as writing inside, water damage, missing dust jacket, heavy staining, large creases or cuts. These are readable copies but not nice ones. On other websites this condition is called 'Acceptable' or 'Fair' , but we want to be more honest.
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