The Victorians
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  • Published: 4 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9780753554616
  • Imprint: Virgin Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 12 hr 33 min
  • Narrator: Jacob Rees-Mogg
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Victorians

Twelve Titans who Forged Britain

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23 May 2019
Audiobook
4 Jul 2019
Paperback
17 Sep 2020
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A landmark first book by the leading Tory MP, Brexiteer and social media phenomenon Jacob Rees-Mogg, published for the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s birth

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Victorians, written and read by Jacob Rees-Mogg.

They built a nation. Now it’s our turn.

Many associate the Victorian era with austere social attitudes and filthy factories. But in this bold and provocative book, Jacob Rees-Mogg -- leading Tory MP and prominent Brexit advocate -- takes up the story of twelve landmark figures to paint a very different picture of the age: one of bright ambition, bold self-belief and determined industriousness.

Whether through Peel’s commitment to building free trade, Palmerston’s deft diplomacy in international affairs, or Pugin’s uplifting architectural feats, the Victorians transformed the nation and established Britain as a preeminent global force.

Now 200 years since the birth of Queen Victoria, it is essential that we remember the spirit, drive and values of the Victorians who forged modern Britain, as we consider our future as a nation.
  • Published: 4 July 2019
  • ISBN: 9780753554616
  • Imprint: Virgin Digital
  • Format: Audio Download
  • Length: 12 hr 33 min
  • Narrator: Jacob Rees-Mogg
  • RRP: $24.99
Categories:

About the author

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Jacob Rees-Mogg is a Conservative and the MP for the constituency of North East Somerset. Jacob sits on the Brexit Select Committee and he chairs the European Research Group. After Eton, Jacob read History at Trinity College, Oxford, before moving into finance. He co-founded Somerset Capital Management, which specialises in emerging markets investment management.

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Praise for The Victorians

A fine philosophical mind

Matthew Parris

One of the most important politicians in the country

Economist

The best-dressed man in the House of Commons

Spectator

Polite, eloquent, witty, well-informed, coherent, principled — Jacob Rees-Mogg is the antithesis of almost every-thing the Labour party stands for under its current populist leadership

James Delingpole

A full-throated, clear-sighted, well-researched and extremely well written exposition of the Victorians and their values. Rees-Mogg’s choice of a dozen Victorian luminaries allows him to defend an era too often ignored or written off in British history, and to compare it to our modern day in a way that readers will find gripping but also chastening

Andrew Roberts, bestselling author of ‘Churchill: Walking with Destiny’
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