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    [year] => 2020
    [artist] => Andrew Marr
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    [titleId] => 13570179
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    [language] => ENGLISH
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    [title] => Elizabethans
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    [synopsis] => Who made modern Britain the country it is today? What does it mean to be the new Elizabethans? Back in 1953 when the Queen ascended her throne, Britain was a very different nation. People wore more hats and uniforms, went regularly to church and were deeply class conscious. The Windrush generation had arrived just five years earlier, and many African-Caribbean and Indian people new to the UK were being denied housing, work, and entry to pubs, clubs and places of worship. There was division over immigration, food rationing and debate about what a late twentieth century Britain should look like. How did we get from there to here? Bestselling author and broadcaster Andrew Marr offers up an answer: change came from the people. Telling Britain's modern history through a diverse cast of individuals from all walks of life, Marr shows how women started owning their sexuality; how black activists changed the way we talked about race; how attitudes changed towards everything from social inequality to immigration, music, sexuality and freedom of expression. Celebrating activists and artists, sports heroes and business leaders, this book moves from Sylvia Plath to Elvis Costello, Frank Critchlow to Bob Geldof, Winston Churchill to Marcus Rashford, Zaha Hadid to James Dyson, Dusty Springfield to David Attenborough. Through these sung and unsung titans of the modern Elizabethan era, this is a history that gets to the heart of how 1950s Britain evolved into the diverse, contradictory and divided country it is today. • HUGE SALES RECORD:A History of Modern Britain — 343k TCMThe Making of Modern Britain — 242k TCMHead of State — over 135k across all formats. • A household name and face of British broadcasting. Active presenter of BBC1 Andrew Marr Show. • Book will tie to a BBC series in April 2021 (matching PB release). • Diverse history of Britain and the people — not the royals — who have shaped it. Spans from entertainers to activists, politicians to cooks, innovators, writers, sports heroes, community organisers. Told in brilliantly entertaining, pacey vignettes or case studies of these different characters. Competition: A History of the World; A history of modern britain;Short History of England; A History of Britain in 21 Women; Empire;. Simon Schama; Simon Jenkins; Jenni Murray; William Dalrymple; Niall Ferguson.
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    [publisher] => HarperCollins Publishers
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