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White Heat
- Author
- Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrator
- Dominic Sandbrook, Roger Davis
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 3 October 2024
- Run Time
- 39 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- History
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
The memories, images and colourful personalities of those heady times still resonate today: mop-tops and mini-skirts, strikes and demonstrations, Carnaby Street and Kings Road, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, Enoch Powell and Mary Whitehouse, Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger.
In this wonderfully rich and readable historical narrative, Dominic Sandbrook looks behind the myths of the Swinging Sixties to unearth the contradictions of a society caught between optimism and decline.
Critics Review
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An active pleasure to read. This is a deftly written and evocative account of the day before yesterday
Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday, Books of The Year
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A substantial contribution to our understanding of the social and political history of modern Britain
Sunday Telegraph
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This is history of a commendably inclusive range
Sunday Times
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Details
- Author
- Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrator
- Dominic Sandbrook, Roger Davis
- Duration
- 39 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9781405562737
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- History
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Harold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life seemed to have taken on a dramatic new momentum.The memories, images and colourful personalities of those heady times still resonate today: mop-tops and mini-skirts, strikes and demonstrations, Carnaby Street and Kings Road, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, Mary Quant and Jean Shrimpton, Enoch Powell and Mary Whitehouse, Marianne Faithfull and Mick Jagger.In this wonderfully rich and readable historical narrative, Dominic Sandbrook looks behind the myths of the Swinging Sixties to unearth the contradictions of a society caught between optimism and decline.
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