Seasons in the Sun by Dominic Sandbrook
The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. This title is an account of the late 1970s in Britain.
Magnificent.. if you lived through the late Seventies - or, for that matter, even if you didn't - don't miss this book. * Mail on Sunday *
Sandbrook has created a specific style of narrative history, blending high politics, social change and popular culture ... always readable and assured ... Anyone who genuinely believes we have never been so badly governed should read this splendid book. -- Stephen Robinson * Sunday Times *
Nuanced ... Sandbrook has rummaged deep into the cultural life of the era to remind us how rich it was, from Bowie to Dennis Potter, Martin Amis to William Golding. -- Damian Whitworth * The Times *
Sharply and fluently written ... entertaining ... By making you quite nostalgic for the present, Sandbrook has done a public service. * Evening Standard *
Sandbrook has created a specific style of narrative history, blending high politics, social change and popular culture ... always readable and assured ... Anyone who genuinely believes we have never been so badly governed should read this splendid book. -- Stephen Robinson * Sunday Times *
Nuanced ... Sandbrook has rummaged deep into the cultural life of the era to remind us how rich it was, from Bowie to Dennis Potter, Martin Amis to William Golding. -- Damian Whitworth * The Times *
Sharply and fluently written ... entertaining ... By making you quite nostalgic for the present, Sandbrook has done a public service. * Evening Standard *
Dominic Sandbrook is nearing completion of his great multi-volume history of postwar Britain from the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, which began with Never Had It So Good. He has written and presented a number of highly successful BBC television series, on subjects as diverse as the joys of the Volkswagen and the history of science fiction. He writes reviews and articles principally for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780141032160 |
| ISBN 10 | 0141032162 |
| Title | Seasons in the Sun |
| Author | Dominic Sandbrook |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2013-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 992 |
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