Compelling and easy read covering Britain's history, this book was an easy and comfortable read, reads less like a text book and more like a novel. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. For me these books simply read beautifully from start to finish. Peppered with some fascinating facts, and narrated in a blunt, irreverent fashion, this book is a must for knowing the real history of Britain, without the hearts and flowers.
Historically Britain has been 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.
Interesting read and full of social as well as text book history - nice one
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Entertaining even through all the potentially mundane history of political maneuvering, which seems to be the main lens through which history in the western world is related.
I’m not a big history reader but as a Drama teacher and form tutor this is really informing my work with students and helping me to understand many events which I have always been aware of but never fully got to grips with, e.g.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2020
They provide an very readable history of our country, and I believe it will be quite some time before they are surpassed by any future volume(s) covering the same period.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2017
Makes complex politico-social history, simple.
The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work.Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices.
I studied 20th Century history for my O-level, and grew up through much of this narrative, so the story of Britain's last 50+ years is very much the background to my life. This engaging volume tells the story of how the great political visions and idealisms of Victorian Britain came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity, and self-gratification. There are tons of gems like that in a book you'll find hard to put down. No one will agree with everything he says, but reading this book is an enlightening experience. Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain.
But in his preface to his book `The Making of Modern Britain' (which covers the twentieth century up to the end of the Second World War), Marr states that in both instances - `The Making of Modern Britain' and `A History of Modern Britain' - the books were written before much thought was given to filming.
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Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The only issue i had was there was not enough pictures, so if you are not a British national you will probably keep stopping to look everyone up.
This is the updated version with the additional chapter - from Blair to Brexit (or Gordon to Teresa as the chapter is titled).
Readable, profoundly researched and covering aspects of daily life - as the parts devoted to the pop scene - not found in any other history texts. Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain (TV Mini-Series 2009) History. A book released by Marr accompanying the series and bearing the same name also details this period of history.
A must for anyone interested in politics and modern history. I just love the way Andrew Marr relates history. It explains how in each decade, political leaders found themselves confounded by the British people, who always turned out to be harder to herd than predicted. Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain Andrew Marr presents a history of Britain from the end of the Second World War to the start of the third millennium. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
That it nearly bankrupted the country after the war?
Historically Britain has been 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.
Interesting read and full of social as well as text book history - nice one
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Entertaining even through all the potentially mundane history of political maneuvering, which seems to be the main lens through which history in the western world is related.
I’m not a big history reader but as a Drama teacher and form tutor this is really informing my work with students and helping me to understand many events which I have always been aware of but never fully got to grips with, e.g.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2020
They provide an very readable history of our country, and I believe it will be quite some time before they are surpassed by any future volume(s) covering the same period.Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 17, 2017
Makes complex politico-social history, simple.
The 13-digit and 10-digit formats both work.Use the Amazon App to scan ISBNs and compare prices.
I studied 20th Century history for my O-level, and grew up through much of this narrative, so the story of Britain's last 50+ years is very much the background to my life. This engaging volume tells the story of how the great political visions and idealisms of Victorian Britain came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity, and self-gratification. There are tons of gems like that in a book you'll find hard to put down. No one will agree with everything he says, but reading this book is an enlightening experience. Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain.
But in his preface to his book `The Making of Modern Britain' (which covers the twentieth century up to the end of the Second World War), Marr states that in both instances - `The Making of Modern Britain' and `A History of Modern Britain' - the books were written before much thought was given to filming.
Please try again.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The only issue i had was there was not enough pictures, so if you are not a British national you will probably keep stopping to look everyone up.
This is the updated version with the additional chapter - from Blair to Brexit (or Gordon to Teresa as the chapter is titled).
Readable, profoundly researched and covering aspects of daily life - as the parts devoted to the pop scene - not found in any other history texts. Andrew Marr's The Making of Modern Britain (TV Mini-Series 2009) History. A book released by Marr accompanying the series and bearing the same name also details this period of history.
A must for anyone interested in politics and modern history. I just love the way Andrew Marr relates history. It explains how in each decade, political leaders found themselves confounded by the British people, who always turned out to be harder to herd than predicted. Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain Andrew Marr presents a history of Britain from the end of the Second World War to the start of the third millennium. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
That it nearly bankrupted the country after the war?