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Hope and Glory
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  • Published: 15 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780091926496
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $50.00
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Hope and Glory

A People’s History of Modern Britain

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EBook
10 May 2012
Audiobook
4 Aug 2011
Paperback
15 May 2012
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Stuart Maconie travels around Britain, delving into the history of the 20th century to find the key moments that shaped us as a nation

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 and the occasional scone and jigsaw. From pop stars to politicians, Suffragettes to punks, this is a journey around Britain in search of who we are.
  • Published: 15 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780091926496
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 352
  • RRP: $50.00
Categories:

Also by Stuart Maconie

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Long Road from Jarrow
The Pie At Night
The People’s Songs
How to Survive on Tour with a Rock Band
Adventures on the High Teas
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Praise for Hope and Glory

...compelling and often witty insight into the customs and mindsets of overlooked corners of Britain ... Maconie is an engaging and illuminating guide throughout

Independent

A very engaging writer with a remarkably broad frame of reference

Mail on Sunday

More serious than you might expect, copies should be available in every school

Guardian

As funny as Bryson and as wise as Orwell

Observer