Our Times: The Age of Elizabeth II - Couverture rigide

Wilson, A. N.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374228205 ISBN 13 : 9780374228200

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2009

Synopsis

When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, many proclaimed the start of a new Elizabethan Age. Few had any inkling, however, of the stupendous changes that would occur over the next fifty years, both in Britain and around the world. In Our Times , A. N. Wilson takes the reader on an exhilarating journey through postwar Britain. With his acute eye not just for the broad social and tural sweep but also for the telling detail, he brilliantly distills half a century of unprecedented social and political change. Here are the defining events and characters of the modern age, from the Suez crisis to tnam, from the Beatles to Princess Diana. Here are the Angry Young Men, the rise of pop ture and celebrity, industrial unrest and the Winter of Discontent, the Thatcher era and the eventual collapse of the Sot Union. This book propels the reader from postwar austerity, to the end of the British Empire and the emergence of America as a superpower, to the multitural Britain of today. With Our Times , Wilson triumphantly concludes the acclaimed trilogy that opened with The Victorians and was followed by After the Victorians . Our Times makes compelling reading for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped our world.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, many proclaimed the start of a new Elizabethan Age. Few had any inkling, however, of the stupendous changes that would take place over the next 50 years, in Britain and around the world.

In Our Times, A.N. Wilson takes the reader on an exhilarating journey from that day to this. With his acute eye not just for the broad social and cultural sweep but also for the telling detail, he brilliantly distils half a century of unprecedented social and political change.

Here are the defining events and characters of the modern age, from the Suez crisis to Vietnam, The Beatles to Princess Diana, the miners' strike to the Cold War. Here are the Angry Young Men, the satirists of Beyond the Fringe, Ruth Ellis and the abolition of hanging, the rise of pop culture and celebrity, industrial unrest and the Winter of Discontent, the Thatcher era and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. This book will propel you from post-war austerity - an age of deference in which men wore hats and women wore gloves - through the alterations in our social landscape to the multi-cultural Britain of today. Despite the appalling tyrannies that have taken place in the world, Wilson argues that in the last fifty years Britain has known a period of prosperity and peace without precedent in its history.

With Our Times, A.N. Wilson triumphantly concludes the acclaimed trilogy which includes The Victorians and After the Victorians. It makes compelling reading for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped our world.

Quatrième de couverture

'A brilliant panorama' Piers Paul Read

When Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in 1953, many proclaimed the start of a new Elizabethan Age. Few had any inkling, however, of the stupendous changes that would take place over the next 50 years, in Britain and around the world.

In Our Times, A.N. Wilson takes the reader on an exhilarating journey from that day to this. With his acute eye not just for the broad social and cultural sweep but also for the telling detail, he brilliantly distils half a century of unprecedented social and political change. It makes compelling reading for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped our world.

'A very funny, extremely opinionated, always provocative and often thoughtful read... Wilson is endlessly entertaining' Dominic Sandbrook, Observer

'Wilson has produced a scintillating, coruscating indictment of British national collapse since the 19th century ... Under Wilson's pen, such a history is richly told' Tristram Hunt, Guardian

'The story is told with a verve that catches the excitement of a turbulent era' Roy Hattersley, The Times'

'A monument to its author's industry, erudition and skill ... spiced with pungent wit and piquant anecdotes' Piers Brendon, Sunday Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374228205
• ISBN 13: 9780374228200
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 482
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible