The product of the author's lifetime, this powerful narrative, insterrsperses the author's analysis of wars, philosophy, science, manners, sex, religion, morals, art, et al, from the Reformation to the present day, with biographical sketches of influential historical figures. His conclusion is that the decadence of the current age is merely a watershed for a new age in which Western culture will again flourish.
- ISBN10 0060928832
- ISBN13 9780060928834
- Publish Date 15 May 2001 (first published 16 May 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Imprint HarperCollins
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 912
- Language English
- URL http://harpercollins.com.au/9780060928834