Dominic Sandbrook recreates this extraordinary period in all its chaos and contradiction, revealing it as a turning point in our recent history, where, in everything from families and schools to punk and Doctor Who, the future of the nation was being decided.
Dominic Sandbrook is nearing completion of his great multi-volume history of postwar Britain from the mid 1950s to the late 1980s, which began with Never Had It So Good. He has written and presented a number of highly successful BBC television series, on subjects as diverse as the joys of the Volkswagen and the history of science fiction. He writes reviews and articles principally for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times.
Magnificent ... if you lived through the late Seventies - or, for
that matter, even if you didn't - don't miss this book.
*Mail on Sunday*
Sandbrook has created a specific style of narrative history,
blending high politics, social change and popular culture ...
always readable and assured ... Anyone who genuinely believes we
have never been so badly governed should read this splendid
book.
*Sunday Times*
Nuanced ... Sandbrook has rummaged deep into the cultural life of
the era to remind us how rich it was, from Bowie to Dennis Potter,
Martin Amis to William Golding.
*The Times*
Sharply and fluently written ... entertaining ... By making you
quite nostalgic for the present, Sandbrook has done a public
service.
*Evening Standard*
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