English Gentleman: The Rise and Fall of an Ideal

by Philip Mason

Book Overview

The idea of "the gentleman is central to the English view of the world. It runs through and illuminates English history at least from the time of Chaucer's "parfit gentil knight". For the Victorians,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688014003
• ISBN13: 9780688014001
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.