Never Had It So Good
a history of britain from suez to the beatles
$62.42
- Paperback
928 pages
- Release Date
2 July 2006
Summary
Britain’s Crossroads: Affluence and Change in the Early 1960s
A fresh, enlightening, and comprehensive history of Britain in the early 1960s by a supremely talented young historian.
In 1956, the Suez Crisis shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come. In Never Had It So Good, Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the dramatic story of affluence and decline between 1956 and 1963.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115306 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349115303 |
| Author: | Dominic Sandbrook |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 928 |
| Release Date: | 2 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 630g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 135mm x 43mm |
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Critics Review
Unforgettable vignettes and revelations in this prodigious and ground-breaking study of British life.
A clever and engaging study of Britain as it prepared to swing into the sixties. Never Had It So Good is very good indeed - Amanda Foreman
A wonderful book – a most accomplished, readable and convincing tour through seven years from Suez to Beatlemania. It is refreshing because it probes beneath the surface of events, dissolving many of the myths of the sixties and suggesting, quite rightl - Lawrence JamesUnforgettable vignettes and revelations in this prodigious and ground-breaking study of British life. - SUNDAY TIMESIt is a tribute to Sandbrook’s literary skill that his scholarship is never oppressive. Alternately delightful and enlightening, he has produced a book that must have been an enormous labour to write but is a treat to read. - OBSERVERAbout The Author
Dominic Sandbrook
Dominic Sandbrook is set to lead the next generation of narrative historians. Born in Shropshire in 1974 and educated at Oxford, St. Andrews and Cambridge, he taught history at the University of Sheffield and is currently a fellow of the Rothermere Institute at Oxford.
Author Location: Muswell Hill, London
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