The Cambridge Apostles, 1820¿1914 - Liberalism, Imagination, and Friendship in British Intellectual and Professional Life

This is a full-scale study of the world's most famous secret society, the Cambridge 'Apostles', whose select membership included such figures as F. D. Maurice, Lytton Strachey, John Maynard Keynes and E. M. Forster. The book also examines more generally the role of liberalism, imagination and friendship in modern life.