I wasn't familiar with this book. From looking it over a little bit, here is my "take" on it. If this is a history, it is a
political history. If it is a political history, it appears to be a
left-leaning history. As the title says, it is a history of
"modern" Britain--it appears that that means the last 50 years or so.
A History of Modern Britain. By Andrew Marr. Rated 4.7 stars, but from only 9 reviews at Amazon; rated 3.94, from 1,099 ratings at GoodReads. Print list price $15.95; regular digital price $8.79; Kindle price now
$2.99. Pan, pubisher. 672 pages.
http://www.amazon.com/History-Modern...8YH2WCPCN54175.
Book Description
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 they know what they are doing, but find themselves confounded. Every time, the British people turn out to be stroppier and harder to herd than predicted.
Throughout, Britain is a country on the edge – first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration now reshaping the world. This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher’s wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre.