Lords of Misrule: Hostility to Aristocracy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Britain

Flamboyant, cultured and refined, arisracy is often seen as a national treasure. Lords of Misrule takes a different view and considers the role of an arisracy behaving badly. This is a book about the political, social and moral failings of arisracy and the ways in which they have featured in political rhetoric. Drawing on the views of critics of arisracy, it explores the dark side of power without responsibility. Less 'patrician paragons' than dissolute and debauched debtors, the arisrats f...