{"product_id":"a-northern-wind-david-kynaston-9781526657565","title":"A 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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A breathtaking array of treasures . . . A book to savour' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Kynaston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526657562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526657565\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.08w x 1.00d","brand":"David Kynaston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46571255267583,"sku":"9781526657565","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4098689a-4d9d-459f-878c-015153e3f3c3.jpg?v=1738807692","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-northern-wind-david-kynaston-9781526657565","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}