Little Englanders'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston 'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets the record straight, bringing its characters, strains and stresses brilliantly to life.' Simon Jenkins When Queen Victoria died in 1901, it marked the end of an era. Many later remembered the era that followed as the long afternoon of an empire where the sun never set.