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A Northern Wind
- Britain 1962-65
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 27 hrs
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Summary
A WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston ('the most entertaining historian alive' Spectator) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, A Northern Wind is the anticipated new volume in the landmark ‘Tales of a New Jerusalem’ series.
'Addictively readable . . . Kynaston's tireless research turns up plenty of gems' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
'A breathtaking array of treasures' TLS
'Magisterial' Financial Times
‘Here is an intricate tapestry that conveys the essence of time’ Literary Review
How much can change in less than two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a prime minister utterly different from his Old Etonian predecessors.
A Northern Wind, the keenly anticipated next instalment of David Kynaston’s acclaimed Tales of a New Jerusalem series, brings to vivid life the period between October 1962 and February 1965. Drawing upon an unparalleled array of diaries, newspapers and first-hand recollections, Kynaston’s masterful storytelling refreshes familiar events – the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Big Freeze, the assassination of JFK, the funeral of Winston Churchill – while revealing in all their variety the experiences of the people living through this history.
Major themes complement the compelling narrative: an anti-Establishment mood epitomised by the BBC’s controversial That Was The Week That Was; a welfare state only slowly becoming more responsive to the individual needs of its users; and the rise of consumer culture, as Habitat arrived and shopping centres like Birmingham’s Bull Ring proliferated. Multi-voiced, multi-dimensional and immersive, Tales of a New Jerusalem has transformed how we see and understand post-war Britain. A Northern Wind continues the journey.
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- John
- 09-10-23
Loving it!
David Knyaston gives us essential history via the feelings and reports ‘at the time’ it’s less opinion more ‘as it was unfolding at the time’ I feel both informed and educated. But entertained and it’s fun. Great achievement.
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- Fletcher Christian
- 08-10-23
Great addition to an excellent series
Admirable historical technique, but at times a very depressing story. After hundreds of years of Empire, so much poverty of material existence and of the imagination. The catastrophic destruction of cities and their replacement with system built nightmare housing - even though the sponsors of the abomination knew the programme was a failure -makes one feel sick and angry.
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- D. Parr
- 25-10-23
Swinging sixties
I am a child of the sixties and I absolutely loved this. I have read some of DKs books but this is the first purchased on Audible. I do not regret it. A great way of telling the history of the era, aided with excellent narration.
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