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I did not get very far into this book at all. There is an introduction, which I think summarises the book, and then the author just starts describing guys. I got through the guy who came back from North Africa and got halfway through the guy who was [a:Barbara Cartland|10320|Barbara Cartland|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1363041660p2/10320.jpg]'s brother (?) and I had no idea what they had to do with anything so I stopped reading. It's partly because the MPs the book is about are in the Conservative Party and so they don't stand for much that means anything to me.… (mais)
 
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robfwalter | 1 outra crítica | Jul 31, 2023 |
A polemical history of the British ruling class and how they ended up owning our nation.

The full, shocking story of the British aristocracy, from Anglo-Saxon times until the present day.
Exploring the extraordinary and sometimes pernicious social and political dominance enjoyed by the British aristocracy over centuries, Entitled seeks to explain how a tiny number of noble families rose to such a position in the first place and reveals the often nefarious means they have employed to maintain their wealth, power and prestige. It examines the greed, ambition, jealousy and rivalry which drove local barons to compete with one another and aristocratic families to guard their inheritance with phenomenal determination. In telling their history, it introduces a cast of extraordinary characters: fierce warriors, rakish dandies, political dilettantes, charming eccentrics, arrogant snobs and criminals who got away with murder.

Meticulously researched and engagingly written, Entitled tells a riveting story of arrogance, corruption and greed, the defining characteristic of the British ruling class.
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Karen74Leigh | May 26, 2023 |
This was a fascinating book about a loosely organised group of British politicians who first mobilised to oppose Hitler and his rule of Germany, and recognised its threat to Europe more widely and to the UK more specifically. Many, but by no means all, in this group were queer, some more openly than others, and when Neville Chamberlain and his underlings started referring to them as "glamour boys", the homophobic slur there was clear.
 
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mari_reads | 1 outra crítica | Oct 3, 2022 |
Densely packed with detail and impeccably well-researched, the book nonetheless founders on the border between a 3 and 4 star rating because the overwhelming lists of names make large sections of it, particularly in the latter half, at times both tedious to wade through and difficult to parse. In the end, I went with 4 because I did get a lot out of reading it, but be warned
 
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KatherineJaneWright | 1 outra crítica | Jul 17, 2022 |

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8
Membros
181
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Avaliação
½ 3.5
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6
ISBN
32
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