Rees-Mogg, William; Picnics on Vesuvius ~ Hardback
Binding: Hardback
Book Condition: Good, Some shelf scuffing to dust jacket
Edition: 1992
Pages: 395
Publisher: Sedgwick & Jackson
Inscription: N
ISBN: 0-283-06147-2
Weight: 783g
This book is a combination of William Rees-Mogg's writings in "The Independent" on themes of the modern world. Including the rise and fall of nations, the Far East as superpower, the lessons of the past, changing spiritual values, AIDS and of course apocalyptic economics. also a chapter on "The Great Reckoning" debate in which Lord Rees-Mogg analyses the controversy that has surrounded the book and how we now views its central message and the evolution of its predictions