Victorious CenturyBy: David Cannadine Series: Penguin History of Britain SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2018 'This is stupendous. The British nineteenth century, in all its complexity, all its horror, all its energy, all its hopes is laid bare. This is the definitive history, and will remain so for generations' A. N. Wilson To live in nineteenth century Britain was to experience an astonishing series of changes, of a kind for which there was simply no precedent