A History of Modern Britain

Sunday Times Bestseller: "Lively, full of rich anecdotes . . . He has the rare gift of being able to explain complex issues in a few crisp sentences." -Sunday Telegraph
A History of Modern Britain confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity, and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think t...