Hope and Glory: A People's History of Modern Britain

by Stuart Maconie

Book Overview

In Hope and Glory Stuart Maconie goes in search of the days that shaped the Britain we live in today. Taking one event from each decade of the 20th century, he visits the places where history happened and still echoes down the years. Stuart goes to Orgreave and Windsor, Wembley and Wootton Bassett, assembling a unique cast of Britons from Sir Edmund Hillary to Sid Vicious along the way.

It's quite a trip, full of sex and violence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007Q25ZHS
• ISBN13: 9780091926496
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.9" x 7.7"