{"product_id":"northern-wind-britain-1962-65","title":"Northern Wind Britain 1962-65","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston (''the most entertaining historian alive'' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, \u003ci\u003eA Northern Wind \u003c\/i\u003eis the anticipated new volume in the landmark ''Tales of a New Jerusalem'' series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''From Daleks and dingy tower blocks to nuclear threats, this addictively readable book charts dizzying change . . . Sometimes moving, often comic, always fascinating''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDOMINIC SANDBROOK, \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow much can change in two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of Liverpool''s the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a Yorkshireman utterly different from his Old Etonian predecessors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Northern Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the keenly anticipated next instalment of David Kynaston''s acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTales of a New Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003eseries, brings to vivid life the period between October 1962 and February 1965. Drawing upon an unparalleled array of diaries, newspapers and first-hand recollections, Kynaston''s masterful storytelling refreshes familiar events – the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Big Freeze, the assassination of JFK, the funeral of Winston Churchill – while revealing in all their variety the experiences of the people living through this history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajor themes complement the compelling narrative: an anti-Establishment mood epitomised by the BBC''s controversial \u003ci\u003eThat Was The Week That Was\u003c\/i\u003e; a welfare state only slowly becoming more responsive to the individual needs of its users; and the rise of consumer culture, as Habitat arrived and shopping centres like Birmingham''s Bull Ring proliferated. Multi-voiced, multi-dimensional and immersive, \u003ci\u003eTales of a New Jerusalem \u003c\/i\u003ehas transformed how we see and understand post-war Britain. \u003ci\u003eA Northern Wind \u003c\/i\u003econtinues the journey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA WATERSTONES, \u003ci\u003eTIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eBBC HISTORY MAGAZINE \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Magnificent . . . The early Sixties have never been recounted so well'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A breathtaking array of treasures . . . A book to savour'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Extraordinarily atmospheric, capturing more than anything a sense of what this moment might have felt like to live through'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Kynaston is the most humane and even-handed chronicler of our time, and the one best-qualified to carry this mightily compelling national story onwards'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57400341791102,"sku":"NW9781526657565","price":15.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526657565.jpg?v=1779055360","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/northern-wind-britain-1962-65","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}