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The Age of Decadence - Buxton Book Weekend
Veteran journalist Simon Heffer tells the story of the period when Britain became more affluent, more confident, and more decadent than ever before. It is the tale of the great political struggles of the last Victorians, from Gladstone’s battles over Irish Home Rule, to the Suffragettes’ revolutionary cry of ‘Votes for Women’; of the growth of the British Empire into the most expansive territory in world history, stretching from Canada to Cape Town to Calcutta; of the birth of a radical Labour m
4pm to 5pm; £10.50.
Pavilion Arts Centre, 22 St Johns Road, Buxton, Derbyshire SK17 6XN
Sat 25 Nov 2017
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