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Title: Aspects of Aristocracy: Grandeur and Decline in Modern Britain by David Cannadine ISBN: 0-300-05981-7 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: Mean-spirited fluff
Comment: This book claims to be about the decline of the aristocracy, but is really a mean-spirited look at the misfortunes of several aristocratic dynasties and persons. The author gleefully rips apart Winston Churchill, Lord Curzon, Vita Sackville-West and others, while adding no new insight into their characters. Lord Curzon was obsessed with ceremony? Now there's a startling relevation.

There is very little substance to this book and no conclusions are reached, or even suggested.

Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyable
Comment: Paints a vivid and broad picture of the British aristocracy which has declined precipitously in fortune, political power and status since about 1870. Mr. Cannandine's chooses not to explain the causes of the decline, however, with any percision. The various political reform acts, the rise of a rootless proletariate, the democratization of education, the agricultural decline starting about 1870, the decimation of young aristocrats in the trenches of World War One, the loss of confidence in the right to rule-these are either only briefly mentioned by Mr. Cannandine or not mentioned by Mr. Cannandine. He chose not to over-analyze. My chief criticism of the book is that in conclusion, Mr. Cannandine seems overjoyed with the declining relevance of his subject. That is a pity. The British aristocracy has done well by Britain. It is sad that Mr. Cannandine has a soulmate in Tony Blair, who is set to destroy the House of Lords this year.

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