The English Gentleman: The Rise and Fall of an Ideal by Philip Mason
The English Gentleman: The Rise and Fall of an Ideal

Philip Mason

The English Gentleman: The Rise and Fall of an Ideal

Philip Mason

240 pages first pub 1982 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted medium-paced
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The idea of the gentleman is central to the English view of the world. It runs through and illuminates English history at least from the time of Chaucer's parfit gentil knight. For the Victorians, it provided a second religion which underpinned no...

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