Hope and Glory

Nov 7, 2024 10:35 PM

Author:Peter Clarke

Hope and Glory

Peter Clarke brilliantly challenges the commonly held view of Britain in the twentieth century as a nation in decline. Adopting a wide perspective, he examines the political. social and economic changes that transformed Britain. He looks at how jobs and prices, food and shelter, and education and welfare, shaped society and explores such areas as architecture, sport and popular culture. Embracing a century of national experience, Hope and Glory superbly conveys the diverse aspects of three generations who lived through unparalleled change.

Reviews

Anderson's unusually reflective and observant narrative allows the reader to appreciate far more than the grandeur of nature... Full of knowledge lovingly amassed over years of other travels... His sheer joy at being in Georgia warms the reader's heart

—— Times Literary Supplement

When I finished Bread and Ashes - hanging on every word - I could have wished it twice as long

—— Independent

Gripping... With Perkin, Wroe has breathed new life into an obscure figure

—— Daily Mail

A book that captures the temper of an age

—— Financial Times

Rewards every moment of attention

—— Sunday Telegraph

Excellent...intriguing reading...Surely [Leigh Hunt] should be back in print for us to judge him now

—— Daily Mail

Roe brings to his work decades of research on the period...[his] volume is free of imprecision and well-informed

—— Independent

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