Between the Waves by Tom Mctague

Between the Waves by Tom Mctague

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction
A Book of the Year in The Times, TLS and Prospect

The definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before.

‘Thought-provoking’ – The Sunday Times
'Mesmerising' – LRB
'A great big entertaining sweep of a book' – The Guardian
'Excellent' – The Telegraph
'Rich and incisive' – The Economist
‘Powerful, precise, morally engaged’ – Rory Stewart
‘The authoritative political history’ – David Kynaston
'Sweeping and ambitious' – Helen Lewis

In this lively history, acclaimed writer Tom McTague chronicles the battle of ideas, events and personalities that first took the country into the Common Market in 1973, only to take it out of the European Union in an explosive referendum a little over forty years later.

A riveting story of the clashing ideals that have pulled at Britain’s public imagination for more than seven decades, Between the Waves illuminates the conflicts between leading twentieth century politicians and the lesser-known actors in this great post-war drama: the Eurosceptic student radicals, Cold Warriors, eccentric billionaires and political strategists who turned the tide of history.

Ultimately, this book raises that most elemental of questions: who are we?

Tom McTague is the Editor-in-Chief of The New Statesman. He has previously held positions as Political Editor at UnHerd and The Independent on Sunday, staff writer at The Atlantic and Chief UK Correspondent at POLITICO. He has been highly commended at the British Press Awards and co-anchored the geopolitical history podcast These Times. He is co-author of Betting the House, named by The Times as a 2017 Political Book of the Year. He grew up in County Durham in the northeast of England and now lives in London with his wife and three children. Between the Waves is his first work of history.

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ISBN 13	9781529083125
ISBN 10	1529083125
Title	Between the Waves
Author	Mctague Tom
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Picador
Year published	2026-06-11
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