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Sing As We Go Simon Heffer

Sing As We Go By Simon Heffer

Sing As We Go by Simon Heffer


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Sing As We Go Summary

Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars by Simon Heffer

Sing As We Go is an astonishingly ambitious overview of the political, social and cultural history of the country from 1919 to 1939.

It explores and explains the politics of the period, and puts such moments of national turmoil as the General Strike of 1926 and the Abdication Crisis of 1936 under the microscope. It offers pen portraits of the era's most significant figures. It traces the changing face of Britain as cars made their first mass appearance, the suburbs sprawled, and radio and cinema became the means of mass entertainment. And it probes the deep divisions that split the nation: between the haves and have-nots, between warring ideological factions, and between those who promoted accommodation with fascism in Europe and those who bitterly opposed it.
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Praise for the series:

'Scholarly, objective and extremely well written. A masterclass . . . Heffer's eye for the telling detail is evident on almost every page.' Andrew Roberts, 5*, Telegraph

'Gloriously rich and spirited . . . colourful, character driven history.' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

'Enlightening . . . Robust opinion, an eye for telling detail and a gift for bringing historical figures alive.'
History Books of the Year, Daily Mail

Sing As We Go Reviews

The interwar period has not been written about in this way before, and Heffer's mammoth, magisterial book fills an important gap. It is an extraordinary achievement. -- Jane Ridley * Literary Review *
In Sing as We Go, Heffer has created a magnificently detailed portrait of a febrile Britain, largely ignorant of the horrors about to befall it. Throughout this book lurks the spectre of the eternal return. -- Jonathan Meades * Telegraph *
A masterful portrayal of political, social and cultural upheaval between the wars. * Daily Mail *
Excellent, thorough, detailed and combatively argued. * Sunday Times *

About Simon Heffer

Simon Heffer read English at Cambridge and took a PhD in modern history at that university. His previous books include A Short History of Power, Simply English and High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain and Staring at God: Britain in the Great War. In a thirty-year career in Fleet Street, he has held senior editorial positions on The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and is now a columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.

Additional information

GOR013338868
9781529152647
152915264X
Sing As We Go: Britain Between the Wars by Simon Heffer
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Cornerstone
2023-09-21
960
N/A
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