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Author: KYNASTON, DAVID
Title: Austerity Britain: A World to Build
Description: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, UK, 2008. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780747585404 336 pages. Available Now. Book Description: David Kynaston's Austerity Britain 1945-51, the first book in his series Tales of a New Jerusalem, was a major Sunday Times bestseller in 2007. Here is the first volume from this landmark book covering 1945-48. Beginning his groundbreaking series about post-war Britain, Kynaston presents our nation through the eyes of those who lived there. Meet Judy Haines, a Chingford housewife, struggling daily with food rationing; Henry St. John, a self-serving civil servant in Bristol; and, the young Glenda Jackson, taking her 11-plus. Using mass observation, diaries, letters, newspapers and magazines from the time, A World to Build is an unsurpassed social history: intensely evocative to those who were there and eye-opening for their children and grandchildren. : Review: 'A wonderfully illuminating picture of the way we were' The Times 'The book is a marvel ... the fullest, deepest and most balanced history of our times' Sunday Telegraph 'Multi-layered, embroidered with great richness of detail ... Austerity Britain kicks off a series that will end in 1979. What a treat we have in store' Craig Brown's Book of the Week, Mail on Sunday 'There can be no doubt that this book is both a history and a triumphant work of art ... unputdownable' Observer : About the Author: David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written fifteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and W.G.'s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman vs. the Players at Lord's in July 1898. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University. Size: 12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm. 336 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Paperback; ISBN: 0747585407. ISBN/EAN: 9780747585404. Inventory No: F246-1102.
Keywords: BZDB395 History; Paperback; Austerity Britain A World to Build David Kynaston Paperback
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Title: Austerity Britain: A World to Build
Description: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, UK, 2008. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780747585404 336 pages. Available Now. Book Description: David Kynaston's Austerity Britain 1945-51, the first book in his series Tales of a New Jerusalem, was a major Sunday Times bestseller in 2007. Here is the first volume from this landmark book covering 1945-48. Beginning his groundbreaking series about post-war Britain, Kynaston presents our nation through the eyes of those who lived there. Meet Judy Haines, a Chingford housewife, struggling daily with food rationing; Henry St. John, a self-serving civil servant in Bristol; and, the young Glenda Jackson, taking her 11-plus. Using mass observation, diaries, letters, newspapers and magazines from the time, A World to Build is an unsurpassed social history: intensely evocative to those who were there and eye-opening for their children and grandchildren. : Review: 'A wonderfully illuminating picture of the way we were' The Times 'The book is a marvel ... the fullest, deepest and most balanced history of our times' Sunday Telegraph 'Multi-layered, embroidered with great richness of detail ... Austerity Britain kicks off a series that will end in 1979. What a treat we have in store' Craig Brown's Book of the Week, Mail on Sunday 'There can be no doubt that this book is both a history and a triumphant work of art ... unputdownable' Observer : About the Author: David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written fifteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and W.G.'s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman vs. the Players at Lord's in July 1898. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University. Size: 12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm. 336 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Paperback; ISBN: 0747585407. ISBN/EAN: 9780747585404. Inventory No: F246-1102.
Keywords: BZDB395 History; Paperback; Austerity Britain A World to Build David Kynaston Paperback
Price: GBP 8.70 = appr. US$ 12.42 Seller: Cosmo Books
- Book number: F246-1102
- Book number: F246-1102
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