- Publisher: William Collins
- Year: 2020
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 512pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 241x159mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.8kg
- ISBN: 9780008298401
- Product code: 516356
Elizabethans
How Modern Britain Was Forged
Andrew Marr New Hardback Illustrated
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Andrew Marr's study of post-war Britain discusses how profoundly attitudes to various aspects of life including politics, manners, social inequality and sexuality changed in the decades after Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952. Selecting notable figures in numerous fields of endeavour, from Roy Jenkins and Elizabeth David to David and Victoria Beckham, he traces the nation's transformation, describing how each personality helped shape contemporary perspectives.
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The Sunday Times bestseller
Now a major BBC TV series presented by Andrew Marr
David Attenborough. Marcus Rashford. Jan Morris. Diana Dors. Bob Geldof. David Olusoga. Elizabeth David. Zaha Hadid. Frank Crichlow. Quentin Crisp. Dusty Springfield. Captain Tom.
Who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people we are? What does it mean to be the new Elizabethans?
In this wonderfully told history, spanning back to when Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1953, Andrew Marr traces the people who have made Britain the country it is today. From the activists to the artists, the sports heroes to the innovators, these people pushed us forward, changed the conversation, encouraged us to eat better, to sing, think and to protest. They got things done. How will our generation be remembered in a hundred years' time? And when you look back at Britain's toughest moments in the past seventy years, what do you learn about its people and its values?
In brilliantly entertaining style and with unexpected insights into some of our sung and unsung heroes, Andrew Marr offers up a first draft of the history we are all living. This is our story as the new Elizabethans - the story of how 1950s Britain evolved into the diverse country we live in today. In short, it is the history of modern Britain.
Now a major BBC TV series presented by Andrew Marr
David Attenborough. Marcus Rashford. Jan Morris. Diana Dors. Bob Geldof. David Olusoga. Elizabeth David. Zaha Hadid. Frank Crichlow. Quentin Crisp. Dusty Springfield. Captain Tom.
Who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people we are? What does it mean to be the new Elizabethans?
In this wonderfully told history, spanning back to when Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1953, Andrew Marr traces the people who have made Britain the country it is today. From the activists to the artists, the sports heroes to the innovators, these people pushed us forward, changed the conversation, encouraged us to eat better, to sing, think and to protest. They got things done. How will our generation be remembered in a hundred years' time? And when you look back at Britain's toughest moments in the past seventy years, what do you learn about its people and its values?
In brilliantly entertaining style and with unexpected insights into some of our sung and unsung heroes, Andrew Marr offers up a first draft of the history we are all living. This is our story as the new Elizabethans - the story of how 1950s Britain evolved into the diverse country we live in today. In short, it is the history of modern Britain.
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Andrew Marr's study of post-war Britain discusses how profoundly attitudes to various aspects of life including politics, manners, social inequality and sexuality changed in the decades after Elizabeth II came to the throne in 1952. Selecting notable figures in numerous fields of endeavour, from Roy Jenkins and Elizabeth David to David and Victoria Beckham, he traces the nation's transformation, describing how each personality helped shape contemporary perspectives.
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