Elizabethans : how modern Britain was forged /
by Marr, Andrew.
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BookPublisher: London : William Collins, 2020Description: xxvii, 483 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780008298401 (hbk.) :; 0008298408 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 941.085 MARSubject(s): History | History | Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945- | Great Britain -- Civilization -- 1945-Summary: When the Queen ascended the throne in 1953 at the age of 25, Britain was a very different nation. In this vital history, Andrew Marr tells the story of modern Britain through the people who shaped it: from Sylvia Plath to Elvis Costello, Frank Critchlow to Bob Geldof, Zaha Hadid to James Dyson, David Attenborough to the Beatles. How did our activists, our innovators, our artists, our every-kind-of-mover-and-shaker define and progress this new Elizabethan era over the last seven decades? How did the 70s shape the 80s, shape the 90s to incrementally land us where we are today? And where exactly is that?
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| 941.085 LOM Return from the Abyss / | 941.085 LUM A queen for all seasons : a celebration of Queen Elizabeth II on her platinum jubilee / | 941.085 MAR The diamond Queen: Elizabeth II and her people | 941.085 MAR Elizabethans : how modern Britain was forged / | 941.085 PAL The Queen and Mrs Thatcher : | 941.085 POW The Princess Diana conspiracy: | 941.085 PRE A very English scandal : sex, lies and a murder plot at the heart of the establishment / |
Includes index.
When the Queen ascended the throne in 1953 at the age of 25, Britain was a very different nation. In this vital history, Andrew Marr tells the story of modern Britain through the people who shaped it: from Sylvia Plath to Elvis Costello, Frank Critchlow to Bob Geldof, Zaha Hadid to James Dyson, David Attenborough to the Beatles. How did our activists, our innovators, our artists, our every-kind-of-mover-and-shaker define and progress this new Elizabethan era over the last seven decades? How did the 70s shape the 80s, shape the 90s to incrementally land us where we are today? And where exactly is that?
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