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  • Deep into the Sixties

    Britain 1965–66

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    **'**As thrilling as ever' CRAIG BROWN, SUNDAY TIMES**'A tour de force of popular history'**BLAKE MORRISON, GUARDIAN'This glorious historical monument slows, expands and luxuriously stretches to encompass one of the defining moments of change in our history' PHILIP HENSHER, SPECTATOR'The poet of postwar Britain . . . In a league of his own</st... ... En savoir plus

    $26.89 CAD

  • Family Britain, 1951-1957

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    As in his highly acclaimed Austerity Britain, David Kynaston invokes an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices to drive his narrative of 1950s Britain. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as austerity and rationing gradually give way to relative abundance; housewife Judy Haines, relishing the detail of suburban life, brings up her children in ... En savoir plus

    $14.09 CAD

  • City of London

    The History

    par David Kynaston ...
    David Kynaston's ground-breaking history of the City of London, published in four volumes between 1994 and 2001, is a modern classic. Skilfully edited into a single volume by David Milner, it tells a story as dramatic as any novel, while explaining the mysteries of the financial world in a way that we can all understand.This is a story of booms, busts and bankruptcies, dress codes, eating habits, ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Austerity Britain, 1945-1951

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany's aggression in World War II, and was ravaged in many ways at the war's end. Celebrated historian David Kynaston has written an utterly original, and compellingly readable, account of the following six years, during which the country rebuilt itself. Kynaston's great genius is to chronicle the country's experience from bottom to top: ... En savoir plus

    $35.39 CAD

  • A Northern Wind

    Britain 1962-65

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    The fifth book in the celebrated 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' series – named one of the best books of the 21st century by the Sunday TimesA WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Addictively readable' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times'A breathtaking array of treasures' TLSHow ... ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

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  • Modernity Britain

    1957-1962

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections series Tales of a New Jerusalem
    This edition collects both volumes of Modernity Britain for the first timeFollowing Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston's landmark social history of post-war Britain'Triumphant ... A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals' Financial Times'This superb history captures the birth pangs of modern Britain ... ... ... En savoir plus

    $34.79 CAD

  • Engines of Privilege

    Britain's Private School Problem

    par David Kynaston, Francis Green ...
    'Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation' John O'Farrell'We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election to pass magpie-like over these chapters ... The appeal to act is heartfelt' Financial Times___________________Includes a new chapter, 'Moving Ahead?'Britain's private, fee-paying schools a... ... En savoir plus

    $20.99 CAD

  • WG's Birthday Party

    par David Kynaston ...
    ______________________A fascinating examination of cricket in the nineteenth century by 'the most entertaining historian alive' (Spectator)'Few historians have the power to make you feel you actually inhabit the times they are writing about. Kynaston does' Sunday Times, Books of the DecadeOn a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord's to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of WG ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • The City Of London Volume 4

    par David Kynaston ...
    The City of London. Vol IV: A Club No More is the fourth and final volume of David Kynaston's epic history of the square mile in the modern era. This lively and informative book takes the story from the post-war era, when the City was hemmed in by bombsites and austere Chancellors, through to very recent developments, such as the "Big-Bang" deregulation of 1986. This is as much a social history as ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Lion Wakes

    A Modern History of HSBC

    par David Kynaston, Richard Roberts ...
    The Lion Wakes tells the modern story of HSBC, starting in the late 1970s, when the bank first broke out of the Asia-Pacific region with its purchase of Marine Midland Bank in the US. It follows HSBC's battle to purchase Midland Bank in 1992, the subsequent move of head office from Hong Kong to London, and the string of acquisitions that brought the bank to its pre-eminent place in global finance ... En savoir plus

    $29.99 CAD

  • Modernity Britain

    Book Two: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62

    par David Kynaston ...
    Collections Livre 2 - Tales of a New Jerusalem
    Following Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston's landmark social history of post-war Britain'Triumphant ... A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives of individuals' Financial Times'This superb history captures the birth pangs of modern Britain ... It is a part of Kynaston's huge achievement that such moments of insight and pleasure ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD

  • The City Of London Volume 1

    A World of its Own 1815-1890

    par David Kynaston ...
    A World of Its Own tells the story of the City of London's nineteenth century ascent to its position as the world's leading international financial centre. We witness the rise of the merchant banks, the growth of the Stock Exchange, the internationalism of the money market, and the characters behind these developments, like the mercurial Nathan Rothschild or the dour Joshua Bates.High history is ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD