David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written eighteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and WG”s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman v. Players match at Lord”s in July 1898. He is the author of Austerity Britain 1945-51 and Family Britain 1951-57, the first two titles in a series of books covering the history of post-war Britain (1945-1979) under the collective title “Tales of a New Jerusalem”. He is currently a visiting professor at Kingston University.
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Kynaston David Kynaston: Family Britain, 1951-1957
As in his highly acclaimed Austerity Britain, David Kynaston invokes an astonishing array of vivid, intimate and unselfconscious voices to drive his narrative of 1950s Britain. The keen-eyed Nella La …
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Kynaston David Kynaston: Austerity Britain, 1945-1951
As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany’s aggression in World War II, and was ravaged in many ways at the war’s end. Celebrated historian David Kynaston has written an utterly origi …
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David Kynaston: Family Britain, 1951-1957
Family Britain continues David Kynaston’s groundbreaking series Tales of a New Jerusalem, telling as never before the story of Britain from VE Day in 1945 to the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 …
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David Kynaston: WG’s Birthday Party
______________________A fascinating examination of cricket in the nineteenth century by ‘the most entertaining historian alive’ (Spectator)’Few historians have the power to make you feel you actually …
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Kynaston David Kynaston: Modernity Britain
This edition collects both volumes of Modernity Britain for the first time Following Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston’s landmark social history of post-war Bri …
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David Kynaston: Austerity Britain, 1945-1951
This edition collects both volumes of Austerity Britain together for the first time’This is a classic; buy at least three copies – one for yourself and two to give to friends and family’ Guardian The …
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€17.52
David Kynaston: Modernity Britain
The late 1950s was an action-packed, often dramatic time in which the contours of modern Britain began to take shape. These were the ”never had it so good” years, when the Carry On film series and …
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David Kynaston: Modernity Britain
Following Austerity Britain and Family Britain, the third volume in David Kynaston”s landmark social history of post-war Britain ”Triumphant … A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity ab …
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David Kynaston: Till Time”s Last Sand
____________________ The authorised history of the Bank of England by the bestselling David Kynaston, ”the most entertaining historian alive” (Spectator). ”Kynaston”s aim is to provide a history …
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David Kynaston & Stephen Fay: Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket
WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 ‘Beautifully written, meticulously researched and stuffed with rich sporting and social history … Unputdownable’ Mail on Sunday After the …
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David Kynaston & Francis Green: Engines of Privilege
‘Thoroughly researched and written with such calm authority, yet makes you want to scream with righteous indignation’ John O’Farrell’We can expect the manifesto-writers at the next general election t …
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David Kynaston: Northern Wind
A WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARThe early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston (‘the most entertaining historian alive’ Sp …
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David Kynaston: Northern Wind
A WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEARThe early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston (‘the most entertaining historian alive’ Sp …
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