Distilling the Frenzy: Writing the History of One's Own Times

by Peter Hennessy

Britain's leading contemporary historian revisits the grand themes that have run through modern Britain, including the abiding trends of the post-war era--Britain's persistent impulse to punch well above its weight in the world and the secrecy that has too often surrounded state affairs. In Distilling the Frenzy a heavyweight of British scholarship lays bear the historian's art for all to see, incorporating elements of autobiography that gives the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849542155
• ISBN13: 9781849542159
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Biteback Publishing
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"