Interesting look at the history of the world, with occasionally thoughts as to how the past affects how we live today and the challenges that we currently face. It is very western (read European until the last century) orientated, although it starts with some interesting discussions about the first ...
From the death of queen Victoria and the Edwardian age of toffs to Victory in Europe day and the profoundly changed Britain, Andrew Marr charts the politics and some of the trends that defined the age and set the country on the road it is today.Andrew Marr is a (maybe slightly biased) journalist, no...
Although The Diamond Queen is marketed as a very personal account of the life of Queen Elizabeth II, it isn't really. It's a history of her dynasty (the Windsors) and her reign. It covers major world events, her relationships with various Prime Ministers and above all seeks to answer the question ...
From the modest Clem Atlee (with, as Winston Churchill would say, much to be modest about...) to the troubles around the Iraq war and the political coup that removed Tony Blair from power, Andrew Marr does not miss a any events that have shaped our modern nation in this dense, concise and humorous a...
A beautiful book full of photographs there'd be no way you could replicate yourself without going to some serious lengths. Slightly biased toward London, but then, what isn't? As a Northerner it could do with a bit of Northern Steel to it, but otherwise a lovely reference book and something to remin...
G.home audio unabridged and narrated by Toby LongworthBlurb: A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of c...
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