Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II had been on the throne for almost five decades.
It was a century of enormous change, encompassing two world wars, four monarchs (Edward VII, George V, George VI and the Queen), the decline of the aristocracy and the rise of the Labour Party, women's suffrage, the birth of the NHS, the march of suburbia and the clearance of the slums. It was a period that saw the work of the Bloomsbury Group and T.S. Eliot, of Kingsley Amis and Philip Larkin, from the end of the post-war slump to the technicolor explosion of the 1960s, to free love and punk rock, and from Thatcher to Blair. A vividly readable, richly peopled tour de force, Innovation is Peter Ackroyd writing at the height of his powers.| ISBN: | 9781250861139 |
| Publication date: | 11th April 2023 |
| Author: | Peter Ackroyd |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Griffin an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 528 pages |
| Series: | History of England |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history |
Innovation brings Peter Ackroyd's History of England to a triumphant close. Ackroyd takes readers from the end of the Boer War and the accession of Edward VII to the end of the twentieth century, when his great-granddaughter Elizabeth II had been on the throne for almost five decades.
Innovation features in the following genres: Social and cultural history
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Innovation was written by Peter Ackroyd and published by St. Martin's Griffin an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Innovation has 528 pages
Yes it is part of History of England series