Land of Shame and Glory :Britain 2021-22

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Land of Shame and Glory

Land of Shame and Glory :Britain 2021-22

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Peter Hennessy brings his deep political and historical understanding to this study of two of the most turbulent and disruptive years experienced by Britain in peacetime. As the protracted withdrawal from the EU and the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic dragged on, a series of unprecedented challenges - some global, some domestic - laid bare the fragility of Britain and the Union. Beginning with the chaotic Fall of Kabul, which exposed Britain's military dependence on the United States, through the protracted, unedifying removal of a prime minister - and the economically catastrophic, short-lived tenure of his successor - that further exposed the vulnerabilities of an unwritten constitution; to the country sweltering in record breaking temperatures amid dire warnings of climate catastrophe; and finally to the death of a much-loved monarch, a point of constancy during decades of tremendous social and technological change. In his final chapter, Hennessy considers the continuities and upheavals of the last seventy years, asking whether there can be said to have been a second 'Elizabethan Age', and lamenting that the post-war period came to its close amid such upheaval and loss.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781913368883
ISBN10 1913368882
Number Of Pages 220
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Haus Publishing
Format hardback
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Media Reviews

'One of the country's finest contemporary historians, Hennessy has tracked Westminster like no one else'

-- Financial Times

'Hennessy, unique among contemporary historians, understands politics from the inside out'

-- The Times

'No current historian is as versed as Hennessy in the internal cogs and springs of the British state, but he also has a keen eye for the luminous face of passing time'

-- The Observer

'Hennessy is...driven by a romantic, almost sensual, fascination with British history, culture, and the quirky intricacies of British democracy and the government machine. His curiosity is insatiable, his memory infinitely capacious'

-- The Spectator

'What makes him such a deft public historian is the way he stitches patches of rich local colour into a narrative with the widest possible reach'

-- The Guardian

‘Gives a powerful sense of what it was like to live through these tumultuous thirteen months.’

-- Times Literary Supplement

‘Land of Shame and Glory is short, thoughtful, full of insights and elegantly written.’

-- The Oldie

‘Wise and even prophetic’

-- House Magazine

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Author's Bio

Peter Hennessy's award-winning works of contemporary history include Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (1992), Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties (2006), and Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties (2019).

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