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A History of Modern Britain

By Andrew Marr

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A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade,Continue

A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what they are doing, but find themselves confounded. Every time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted.

Throughout, Britain is a country on the edge – first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre.

'Superb, colourful, outspoken, fresh and richly entertaining. Don't miss' The Times

'Lively, full of rich anecdotes and sparkling pen portraits. He has the rare gift of being able to explain complex issues in a few crisp sentences' Sunday Telegraph

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  • History, but not our story

    A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr Macmillan £25, pp630 Every popular historian needs a voice. For a select few it will be almost original, but for most it will have echoes of Kenneth Clark and AJP Taylor, Robert Hughes and Simon Schama. Andr ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • The way we live now

    A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr 630pp, Macmillan, £25 On a recent insomniac edition of Newsnight, sandwiched between the terrifying Alastair Campbell and the altogether easier Alan Milburn, I was asked what I thought Tony Blair's principal ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • eBook 640 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 033051329X
  • ISBN-13: 9780330513296
  • Publisher: Pan Macmillan
  • Pub date: Jun 09, 2009
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Others
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