Book description
Between the death of Queen Victoria and the turn of the Millennium,
Britain has been utterly transformed by an extraordinary century of war
and peace. A History of 20th Century Britain collects together for the
first time Andrew Marr's two bestselling volumes A History of Modern
Britain and The Making of Modern Britain. Together, they tell the story
of how the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British
Empire only to stumble into a series of monumental upheavals, from World
Wars to Cold Wars and everything in between. In each decade, political
leaders thought they knew what they were doing, but found themselves
confounded. Every time, the British people turned out to be stroppier
and harder to herd than predicted. This wonderfully entertaining history
follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with the
riotous colour of an extraordinary century: a century of trenches,
flappers and Spitfires; of comedy, punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful
good luck, and the triumph of shopping over idealism. 'Lively, full of
rich anecdotes and sparkling pen portraits. Andrew Marr has the rare
gift of being able to explain complex issues in a few crisp sentences'
Sunday Telegraph
Andrew Marr was born in Glasgow. He has enjoyed a long career in
political journalism, including five years as the BBC's Political
Editor (2000-05). Andrew's broadcasting includes BBC2's History of
Modern Britain series, political documentaries for Channel 4 and
BBC Panorama, and Radio 4's 'Start The Week'.
