A New Era. The History of England. From the End of the Victorian Era to the Beginning of the Third Millennium

The history of England is a continuous movement and a series of constant changes. But throughout the history of England, starting from primitivism, there is a continuity, so the main thing in it is not changes, but constancy. To this day, there is an unbreakable connection in England with the past, with traditions and customs. To this day, this country resists changes in any aspect of life. Peter Ackroyd shows the roots of the century-long unchangeability of England, its conservatism, and adherence to the past.
In this volume, the events of the history of England begin in 1902, when the Anglo-Boer War came to an end, during which those who had previously felt pride in the empire gradually found themselves engulfed by disappointment and shame. Edward VII, although not politically as weighty as his mother, Queen Victoria, was the most beloved English king after Charles II. Under his son George V, the country participated in World War I and still retained some features of the Victorian era, but by the end of the next monarch's reign, it had changed beyond recognition. George VI ascended to the throne after the abdication of Edward VIII, his elder brother, and became one of the symbols of the fight against Germany and Nazism during World War II. He was the last Emperor of India and the last King of Ireland: the British Empire collapsed and transformed into the Commonwealth of Nations. After the monarch's death and the coronation of his daughter, a new Elizabethan era began. By the turn of the millennium, which the narrative reaches, ten prime ministers had taken office during the reign of Elizabeth II, the most notable of whom were Winston Churchill, Harold Wilson, Margaret Thatcher, and Tony Blair.
The magnificent series of books by the famous British author concludes, but the history of England continues its course.