A History of Modern Britain
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A History of Modern Britain
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Marr
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Andrew Marr
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Nominated for the British Book Awards, Popular Non-Fiction Award, 2008.
Shortlisted for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2007.
A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age - rival idealisms - came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity, and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders have thought they knew what they were doing, but found themselves confounded. Every time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted.
Throughout this audiobook, Britain is a country on the edge: first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War, and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, '60s anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies, and the true heroes of British theatre.
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Critic reviews
"There is time for much deeper analysis and characterisation in the straightforward narration of the audiobook... Marr delivers it himself, using all his impressive skills as a commentator... It is easy and stimulating listening with lots of deft phrases." ( The Times)
"I love his wit, his anecdotes and his old hack's shop talk. Why wasn't I taught politics like this?"( Guardian)
With his usual elegance and creativity he manages to give a broad brush of mainly British politics, but also sidestepping himself and looking at the cultural development of the isles. And with his humour he manages to keep the book from suffocating the listener with a barrage of names and places as is often a shortfall in history tomes.
Thoroughly recommended.
Easy listening and informative
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A book you could listen to a few times over as there is so much to take in.As someone growing up in the UK in the 60's, I found this a great trip back down memory lane, now understanding better some of the key events which whilst I remember, I did not really understand their impact at the time.
A trip down memory lane
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A superb book, well writen and informative. Easy to follow and listen to.
I would recommend this book to anyone that has even a passing intrest in pollotics of Britian.
a fantastic book
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