Never Had It So Good : A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles

Author: Sandbrook, Dominic

United Kingdom, Great Britain

Published on 4 May 2006 by Little, Brown Book Group (Abacus) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback / softback | 928 pages, Section: 24, b/w
197 x 128 x 47 | 642g

'A rich treasure-chest of a book' ANTHONY HOWARD, Sunday Telegraph'A spectacular history of the sixties' NICK COHEN, Observer'Sandbrook's book is a pleasure to read ... he is a master of the human touch' RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES, TLS'Rivetingly readable' GODFREY SMITH, Sunday TimesFrom the bloodshed of the Suez Crisis to the giddy heyday of Beatlemania, from the first night of Look Back in Anger to the sensational revelations of the Profumo scandal, British life during the late 1950s and early 1960s seemed more colourful, exciting and controversial than ever. Using a vast array of sources, Dominic Sandbrook tells the story of a society caught between cultural nostalgia and economic optimism. He brings to life the post-war experience for a new generation of readers, in a critically acclaimed debut that will change for ever how we think about the sixties.