Heroic Failure Heroic Failure And the British Stephanie Barczewski Yale UP2016Hardback278pp Illustrated228x155mm 9780300180060 Product Code: 510309 Details The Charge of the Light Brigade, Gordon’s Last Stand, Scott of the Antarctic: many of the best-known episodes in British history are tales of fortitud... DetailsBackDetailsThe Charge of the Light Brigade, Gordon’s Last Stand, Scott of the Antarctic: many of the best-known episodes in British history are tales of fortitude and calm in the face of disaster. This study of the ‘heroic failure’ tradition offers a reassessment of Victorian and Edwardian attitudes to soldiers and explorers, arguing that Britons’ enthusiastic celebration of such failures resulted from their desire to see the Empire as just, benevolent and moral.Read MoreRead Less publ £20.00now £7.99 Qty Qty123 Add to Basket CategoriesHistoryGeneral HistoryTags20th century historyBritish & Irish historyModern history to 20th centurySocial & cultural history