Victorious Century

Sir David Cannadine is Dodge Professor of History at Princeton University, Visiting Professor at Oxford University and the Editor of the National Dictionary of Biography . His major works include The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy , Ornamentalism , Class in Britain and Mellon: An American Life . He is the general editor of two major series: The Penguin History of Britain and The Penguin History of Europe . Victorious Century is his volume for the former series.