Bang! by Graham Stewart
'Graham Stewart has done a terrific job. His book brings the decade vividly to life and convincingly places it in perspective... Excellent' Toby Young, Mail on Sunday
Graham Stewart has done a terrific jobHis book brings the decade vividly to life and convincingly places it in perspective... Stewart is a gifted writer. He possesses a novelist's ability to engage the reader's interest... Excellent -- Toby Young * Mail on Sunday *
Superb... Throughout this carefully researched history, Stewart conjures the urban decay and collapsed industries of early-80s Britain. Rarely has history seemed so close to us, yet so far -- Ian Thomson * Observer *
A thorough, well-marshalled overview of the politics of the 1980s -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
An entertaining and insightful summary of interesting times * The Times *
Sensationally good... Stewart is clever, stylish, learned and occasionally funny... Absorbing history * Scotsman *
Lively, incisive and valiantly thorough. Stewart is particularly good on Thatcher's strengths and weaknesses * Spectator *
Stewart has written an accomplished, politically minded history of a decade in which Britain was painfully reborn * Daily Telegraph *
Superb... Throughout this carefully researched history, Stewart conjures the urban decay and collapsed industries of early-80s Britain. Rarely has history seemed so close to us, yet so far -- Ian Thomson * Observer *
A thorough, well-marshalled overview of the politics of the 1980s -- Dominic Sandbrook * Sunday Times *
An entertaining and insightful summary of interesting times * The Times *
Sensationally good... Stewart is clever, stylish, learned and occasionally funny... Absorbing history * Scotsman *
Lively, incisive and valiantly thorough. Stewart is particularly good on Thatcher's strengths and weaknesses * Spectator *
Stewart has written an accomplished, politically minded history of a decade in which Britain was painfully reborn * Daily Telegraph *
Graham Stewart is the author of the internationally acclaimed Burying Caesar: Churchill, Chamberlain and the Battle for the Tory Party. He was educated at St Andrews and Cambridge universities and is a senior research fellow of the Humanities Research Institute at Buckingham University. His other books include Friendship and Betrayal, The Murdoch Years volume of the official history of The Times and Britannia: 100 Documents that Shaped a Nation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848871465 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848871465 |
| Title | Bang! |
| Author | Graham Stewart |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2014-01-02 |
| Number of pages | 560 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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