A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65 by Amazonundefined

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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 Kynastons 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, Kynastons 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 BBCs 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 Birminghams 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.