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14%OFFDominic Sandbrook - Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979 - 9780141032160 - 9780141032160
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Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979

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Description for Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979 paperback. The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. This title is an account of the late 1970s in Britain. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPL; HBJD1; HBLW3; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 716.

Dominic Sandbrook's magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain

The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. 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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
992
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141032160
SKU
9780141032160
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Dominic Sandbrook
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 ... Read more

Reviews for Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979
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 ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979


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