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Our times : the age of Elizabeth II / A.N. Wilson.

By: Wilson, A. N, 1950-Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Hutchinson 2008Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 482 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780091796716 (hbk.)Subject(s): Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth II, 1952- | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 1945- | Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 1945-DDC classification: 941.085
Contents:
Pt. 1: Churchill and Eden. Old western man -- Space and spies -- Other gods -- A portrait of decay -- Suez -- Pt. 2: Macmillan. Supermac -- Mental health and suicides -- Lady Chatterley and Honest to God -- Profumo and after -- Pt. 3: A fourteenth earl and a fourteenth Mr. Wilson -- Enemies of promise -- The 14th Mr. Wilson -- Ireland -- The 1960s -- Pt. 4: The 1970s. HeathCo -- Women's liberation -- The decline of the Roman Catholic Church -- The end of Harold Wilson -- Lucky Jim -- Pt. 5: The lady. 'This was a terrific battle' -- Thatcher as Prime Minister -- Pt. 6: Mr. Major's Britain. Nice Mr. Major -- Prince Charles and Lady Di -- The union -- Stephen Lawrence -- Pt. 7: The project. New labour -- Tony's wars -- Islamists -- The return of God -- Gordon Brown.
Summary: Wilson triumphantly concludes the acclaimed trilogy that opened with "The Victorians," taking readers from postwar austerity to the multicultural Britain of today. The book is compelling reading for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped our world.
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"Originally published in 2008 by Hutchinson, Great Britain"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-461) and index.

Pt. 1: Churchill and Eden. Old western man -- Space and spies -- Other gods -- A portrait of decay -- Suez -- Pt. 2: Macmillan. Supermac -- Mental health and suicides -- Lady Chatterley and Honest to God -- Profumo and after -- Pt. 3: A fourteenth earl and a fourteenth Mr. Wilson -- Enemies of promise -- The 14th Mr. Wilson -- Ireland -- The 1960s -- Pt. 4: The 1970s. HeathCo -- Women's liberation -- The decline of the Roman Catholic Church -- The end of Harold Wilson -- Lucky Jim -- Pt. 5: The lady. 'This was a terrific battle' -- Thatcher as Prime Minister -- Pt. 6: Mr. Major's Britain. Nice Mr. Major -- Prince Charles and Lady Di -- The union -- Stephen Lawrence -- Pt. 7: The project. New labour -- Tony's wars -- Islamists -- The return of God -- Gordon Brown.

Wilson triumphantly concludes the acclaimed trilogy that opened with "The Victorians," taking readers from postwar austerity to the multicultural Britain of today. The book is compelling reading for anyone interested in the forces that have shaped our world.

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