Best history of post war Britain

Latest installment of Dominic Sandbrook epic history series. I just love these books and I realise how much was going on that I oblivious to as I lived through it all. I preferred the narration on this as previous narrator was a bit enthusiastic with his impersonations and I found this distracting. Why aren't the early books covering the 50's and 60's available in this format ? Bring on the next episode

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Simply amazing

I didn’t think this would be as good as the preceding two books on the seventies, but it surpassed them - simply amazing.

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Another great listen

Have read all of Sandbrook’s books and this is up there with the best. I could relate well to many of the chapters as I was a teenager in the 80’s. Keep em coming Dominic. Brilliantly written and narrated

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Outstanding modern history.

Fascinating and balanced. Section on Falklands particularly gripping. Sandbrook has produced a remarkable insight of the period.

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Fascinating reflection of the early Thatcher years

An engrossing history of British history during the first term of Margaret Thatcher’s premiership, entertainingly written and well balanced. Covering not only the obvious political and military, but fascinating insights into the social aspects of the time.

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Fantastic from start to finish

This is a brilliant book to listen to if you are at all interested in the popular abs political culture of the 1980s. Sandbrook gives detail about every aspect with great enthusiasm and accuracy. His reading of the book is also very good. His voice impression of Tony Ben made me laugh on several occasions as it was so well done.

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a trip down memory lane

I was in my late teens and early 20s during the.time frame of the book. I enjoyed reliving those times under the careful and beautifully judged writing of Mr Sambrook. it feels so near still but how the world has changed. I will now go further back in time and listen to his earlier histories. my biggest memory of 1982 was living in Paris during the Falklands conflict. no end of smug Frenchmen told me about their jets and bombs hitting 'our boys'. it is very difficult to avoid French food in Paris. well it was then. but by a pure piece of luck I ended up doing the PR for the launch of MacDonald's in France. revenge is a dish best served with a side of fries and a milk shake.

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Chapters missing

I’ve had the same issue as other reviewers. My download stops at High Noon at Leyland and does not include anything relating to the Falklands War. There’s obviously an issue with this download.
I have re-downloaded it twice but this hasn’t made any difference. I am waiting for a response from Audible as I assume the problem is at their end.
Hopefully this will get sorted as it’s a really good book - like the previous ones - and I’m sure the final chapters will be worth the wait. Just very frustrating.

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A very enjoyable history. Excellent.

I listened to this mostly while driving and gardening, so no one was around to hear me laughing, gasping (and, yes, a little crying) while listening to this book. Incredible. Extensively researched, Sandbrook’s works on recent history find the interesting, illuminating and sometimes bizarre and hilarious aspects of the times. One star off for ‘performances’ because he really should learn to pronounce Welsh names!! I enjoy the books but the audiobooks are even better! Delve into these amazing narratives. His coverage of the Falklands is incredibly involving.

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expertly written and beautifully read

The author's depth of knowledge and breadth of research is impressive however it is his ability then to write such engaging and enjoyable prose that makes this book such a pleasure. My suspicion is that Mr Sandbrook is something of an admirer of Mrs T (whose presence dominates this work, not surprisingly) but he holds the reins of balance and challenge with multiple perspectives and some very moving observations about the social cost of unemployment.

It is impossible too, not to draw parallels between Mssrs Foot, Benn and Livingstone and the current Labour Party situation.

But it is not all politics and economics, there's wonderful Daley Thompson and music and tv and innovation - all with the same thoughtfulness and vivacity.

Brilliantly read by the author with many gentle impersonations of the lead characters which made me smile.

As ever in audiobooks there are sloppy production glitches. If George Martin had exercised the same QC that most audiobooks do, we would not recognise Abbey Road!

Can't wait for his next work...

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