And so, with many bangs and flashes of fireworks, the twentieth century ended. No bug had bitten, no rapture had occurred, and the frost added glitter to the great white marquee. In accordance with the spirit of the time, the Dome enshrined the future. Yet the past seems to gain in allure as modernity cloys. It may be that as the millennium progresses, the English will recover what was once their glory in that most precious and fugitive of instincts: a capacity for awe.
The End
Footnote
1. The sun never rises
* This is a history of England, rather than of Britain. However, British institutions, such as the British army, navy, government, monarchy and empire, are constantly referred to in this book, as they are inextricably bound up with England’s history. For the same reason, certain events which took place in the wider United Kingdom are also covered.
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