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Indlæser... The Making of Modern Britain: From Queen Victoria to V.E. Day (2009)af Andrew Marr
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Not a bad overview of early 20th century British history. Others have said that Marr is just regurgitating pieces from other history books and does no research himself, but Marr is a journalist not a historian so the book is written as I expected. ( ) 30 Nov 2009 - Amazon The book that goes side-by-side with the TV series - as Marr says in the introduction, there are certainly different levels of detail on different events and strands in the two. Another excellent read with lots of detail and some good pictures too. Marr can come across as a bit arrogant, laying down his opinions on people and situtations very firmly, but then he is very intelligent and well-read. My only criticism of the reading experience is that I read it perhaps too close to watching the series, so some of it seemed repetitive when it in fact wasn't. But - entertaining and informative - so glad I saw and read it.
The Making of Modern Britain is undoubtedly a brainy book by a compelling talker, and at its best it brings together glimpses of an alternative past that legends would have us overlook. As his notes show, Marr has reached his view of the early 20th century, not so much by standing on the shoulders of giants, as by taking occasional piggybacks from writers who are closer to the ground. The result, digressions allowed, is none the worse for that. [Marr's] account of British political and social life has the virtues of its vices. They deserve to be celebrated. Indeholdt iHæderspriser
In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever known and the episodes of peace among the most turbulent and surprising. As the political forum moved from Edwardian smoking rooms to an increasingly democratic Westminster, the people of Britain experimented with extreme ideas as they struggled to answer the question 'How should we live?' Socialism? Fascism? Feminism? Meanwhile, fads such as eugenics, vegetarianism and nudism were gripping the nation, while the popularity of the music hall soared. It was also a time that witnessed the birth of the media as we know it today and the beginnings of the welfare state. Beyond trenches, flappers and Spitfires, this is a story of strange cults and economic madness, of revolutionaries and heroic inventors, sexual experiments and raucous stage heroines. From organic food to drugs, nightclubs and celebrities to package holidays, crooked bankers to sleazy politicians, the echoes of today's Britain ring from almost every page. No library descriptions found. |
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