A History of Modern Britain

"Social and economic history of post-war Britain, emphasizing the visions of the country's leaders, and how external forces and the British people have prevented the fruition of those visions."@en
"This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre."
"This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre."
"Andrew Marr tells the story of how the great political visions came to be defeated by consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification - and, every time, the British people turned out to be stroppier and harder to herd than before."