description: Major figures of British political life drawn and quartered by some of the most brilliant artists of the last 250 years: Hogarth, Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Doyle, Leech, Tenniel, Furniss, Dyson, Low, Vicky, Illingsworth, Cummings, Scarfe ...This book, the first of its kind, follows the cartoonists' commentary on British affairs year by year, from their anonymous beginnings in 1720 to the present day. Through their eyes it re-creates the great scandals from the South Sea Bubble to the Profumo Affair; the epic parliamentary duels between Pitt and Fox, Gladstone and Disraeli; the bitter struggles for Reform; Catholic Emancipation; Home Rule; Trade Unionism; and the fortunes of war with Napoleon and Hitler. Here is a living document of the excesses of Regency London, the corruption of eighteenth-century elections, the imperial splendor of the Victorian age, the miseries of the Depression. The Cartoon History of Britain is a fascinating and enjoyable way of approaching history, as well as a study of some of the most brilliant artists of the last two centuries.
language: English
title: The Cartoon History of Britain
titlecomplete: The Cartoon History of Britain
genres: History
ratings_count: 3
publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company