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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Attlee Attlee Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds Clement Attlee -- the man who created the welfare state and decolonised vast swathes of the British Empire, including India -- has been acclaimed by many as Britain's greatest twentieth-century Prime… OL15692274W
The Last Lion The Last Lion William Manchester Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, The Last Lion: Defender of the Realm begins shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister—when Great Britain stood alone against the overwhelming might of Naz… OL16811593W
Modernity Britain, 1957-62 Modernity Britain, 1957-62 David Kynaston "The late 1950s and early 1960s was a period in its own right--neither the stultifying early to midfifties nor the liberating mid- to late-sixties--and an action-packed, dramatic time in which the co… OL19992410W
The Churchill factor The Churchill factor Boris Johnson The mayor of London and former Spectator editor challenges popular misconceptions to assess Churchill's enduring influence on the world, discussing the many contradictions of his life and his conside… OL19992667W
Alan Clark Alan Clark Ion Trewin Alan Clark was a celebrated diarist, womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister in Margaret Thatcher's government. In this book Ion Trewin reveals the man behind the myth, describing the true exte… OL20907747W
Citizen Clem Citizen Clem John Bew xxxii, 670 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm OL21600178W
Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 Austerity Britain, 1945-1951 David Kynaston "As much as any country, England bore the brunt of Germany's aggression in World War II and was ravaged in many ways at the war's end. In Austerity Britain, celebrated historian David Kynaston has wr… OL3030841W