{"product_id":"9780008298449","title":"Elizabethans : A History of How Modern Britain Was Forged","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Marr, Andrew \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 08\/07\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 512 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780008298449,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sunday Times bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e THE STORY OF BRITAIN during the long reign of Queen Elizabeth II. Find out how Britain changed in this entrancing, lively portrait of Britain’s Elizabethan Age by bestselling writer and broadcaster Andrew Marr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Britain changed fundamentally during the Queen’s long, distinguished reign. So who made modern Britain the country it is today? How do we sum up the kind of people we are? What did it mean to be the new Elizabethans?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In this wonderfully told history, spanning back to when Queen Elizabeth became queen in 1953, Andrew Marr traces the people who have made Britain the country it is today. From the activists to the artists, the sports heroes to the innovators, these people pushed us forward, changed the conversation, encouraged us to eat better, to sing, think and to protest. They got things done. How will our generation be remembered in a hundred years’ time? And when you look back at Britain’s toughest moments in the past seventy years, what do you learn about its people and its values?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In brilliantly entertaining style and with unexpected insights into some of our sung and unsung heroes, this is our story as Elizabethans – the story of how 1950s Britain evolved into the diverse country we live in today. In short, it is the history of modern Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e FEATURING: David Attenborough. Marcus Rashford. Jan Morris. Diana Dors. Bob Geldof. David Olusoga. Elizabeth David. Zaha Hadid. Frank Crichlow. Quentin Crisp. Dusty Springfield. Captain Tom – and many others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39423729106988,"sku":"9780008298449","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780008298449_d551c582-45ac-46d6-8346-03ab28df8282.jpg?v=1759679631","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780008298449","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}