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  • Family Britain, 1951-1957

    by David Kynaston ...
    Series series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    As in his highly acclaimed Austerity Britain, David Kynaston invokes an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices to drive his narrative of 1950s Britain. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife Judy Haines, relishing the detail of suburban life, brings up her children in ... Read more

    $27.29 USD

  • Engines of Privilege

    Britain's Private School Problem

    by David Kynaston, Francis Green ...
    'Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation' John O'Farrell'We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters ... The appeal to act is heartfelt' Financial Times___________________Includes a new chapter, 'Moving Ahead?'Britain's private, fee-paying schools a... ... Read more

    $16.09 USD

  • Modernity Britain

    1957-1962

    by David Kynaston ...
    Series series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    This edition collects both volumes of Modernity Britain for the first timeFollowing Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston's landmark social history of post-war Britain'Triumphant ... A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals' Financial Times'This superb history captures the birth pangs of modern Britain ... ... ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Austerity Britain, 1945-1951

    by David Kynaston ...
    Series series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany's aggression in World War II, and was ravaged in many ways at the war's end. Celebrated historian David Kynaston has written an utterly original, and compellingly readable, account of the following six years, during which the country rebuilt itself. Kynaston's great genius is to chronicle the country's experience from bottom to top: ... Read more

    $25.89 USD

  • WG's Birthday Party

    by David Kynaston ...
    ______________________A fascinating examination of cricket in the nineteenth century by 'the most entertaining historian alive' (Spectator)'Few historians have the power to make you feel you actually inhabit the times they are writing about. Kynaston does' Sunday Times, Books of the DecadeOn a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord's to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of WG ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • A Northern Wind

    Britain 1962-65

    by David Kynaston ...
    Series series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    The fifth book in the celebrated 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' series – named one of the best books of the 21st century by the Sunday TimesA WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Addictively readable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'A breathtaking array of treasures' TLSHow ... ... Read more

    $14.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Modernity Britain

    Book Two: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62

    by David Kynaston ...
    Series Book 2 - Tales of a New Jerusalem
    Following Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston's landmark social history of post-war Britain'Triumphant ... A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals' Financial Times'This superb history captures the birth pangs of modern Britain ... It is a part of Kynaston's huge achievement that such moments of insight and pleasure ... Read more

    $19.79 USD

  • Deep Into the Sixties

    Britain 1965–66

    by David Kynaston ...
    Series series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    'The poet of postwar Britain . . . In a league of his own' JONATHAN COE'My goodness, [the series] rockets along: every page contains something surprising, something funny, something sad' CRAIG BROWN, SUNDAY TIMESThe sixth book in the celebrated 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' series – named one of the best books of the 21st century by the Sunday TimesIt's the heart of the Sixties in Britain – the ... Read more

    $20.69 USD

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  • Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket

    by Stephen Fay, David Kynaston ...
    **WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019'Beautifully written, meticulously researched and stuffed with rich sporting and social history ... Unputdownable'** Mail on SundayAfter the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on the national consciousness, two of the most famous English voices were commentators on games of cricket. John Arlott and E.W. ('Jim') Swanton ... Read more

    $12.49 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Lion Wakes

    A Modern History of HSBC

    by David Kynaston, Richard Roberts ...
    The Lion Wakes tells the modern story of HSBC, starting in the late 1970s, when the bank first broke out of the Asia-Pacific region with its purchase of Marine Midland Bank in the US. It follows HSBC's battle to purchase Midland Bank in 1992, the subsequent move of head office from Hong Kong to London, and the string of acquisitions that brought the bank to its pre-eminent place in global finance ... Read more

    $22.39 USD

  • Till Time's Last Sand

    A History of the Bank of England 1694-2013

    by David Kynaston ...
    ____________________The authorised history of the Bank of England by the bestselling David Kynaston, 'the most entertaining historian alive' (Spectator).'Kynaston's aim is to provide a history of the Bank for the general reader and in this he triumphantly succeeds, providing a worthy complement to the notable series of books on different periods of the Bank's history … wonderfully readable' ... Read more

    $18.39 USD

  • City State

    by David Kynaston ...
    An engaging account of the rise and dominance of the City of London, arguably the most important phenomenon of British history in the last 300 years. 'The City today is the most dynamic and world-beating sector of the British economy. Increasingly, it is the City that calls the shots. More than ever, governments and industry are constrained in their conduct by the fear of the judgement of the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD