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<p><P><b><i>Family Britain </i>continues David Kynaston&#8217;s groundbreaking series, telling as never before the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979. <P></b>As in his highly acclaimed <i>Austerity Britain</i>, David Kynaston invokes an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices to drive his narrative of 1950s Britain. The keen-eyed Nella Last shops assiduously at Barrow Market as rationing gradually gives way to relative abundance; housewife Judy Haines, relishing the detail of suburban life, brings up her children in Chingford; the self-absorbed civil servant Henry St John perfects the art of grumbling. Well-known figures are encountered on the way, such as Doris Lessing (joining and later leaving the Communist Party), John Arlott (sticking up on <i>Any Questions? </i>for the rights of homosexuals), and comic-strip hero Roy of the Rovers (making his goal-scoring debut for Melchester). <P>In this colorful, unfolding tapestry, great national events&#8212;the Tories&#8217; return to power, the death of George VI , the coronation of Queen Elizabeth, the Suez Crisis&#8212;jostle alongside everything that gave Britain

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Author

Kynaston, David

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802717979

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.29 / 5 (147 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14