{"product_id":"seasons-in-the-sun-9780141032160","title":"Seasons in the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eDominic Sandbrooks magnificent account of the late 1970s in Britain - the book behind the major BB2 series The Seventies The late 1970s were Britains years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation  riots  the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers  the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocers daughter who would change everything. Dominic Sandbrook recreates this extraordinary period in all its chaos and contradiction  revealing it as a turning point in our recent history  where  in everything from families and schools to punk and Doctor Who  the future of the nation was being decided. Reviews: Magnificent ... if you lived through the late Seventies - or  for that matter  even if you didnt - dont miss this book Mail on Sunday Sandbrook has created a specific style of narrative history  blending high politics  social change and popular culture ... always readable and assured ... A splendid book Stephen Robinson  Sunday Times Sandbrook has a remarkable ability to turn a sows ear into a sulk purse. His subject is depressing  but the book itself is a joy ... Sandbrook is  without doubt  superb ... Seasons in the Sun is a familiar story  yet seldom has it been told with such verve Gerard DeGroot  Seven A brilliant historian ... I had never fully appreciated what a truly horrible period it was until reading Sandbrook A. N. Wilson  Spectator Nuanced ... Sandbrook has rummaged deep into the cultural life of the era to remind us how rich it was  from Bowie to Dennis Potter  Martin Amis to William Golding Damian Whitworth  The Times Sharply and fluently written ... entertaining ... By making you quite nostalgic for the present  Sandbrook has done a public service Evening Standard About the author: Born in Shropshire ten days before the October 1974 election  Dominic Sandbrook was educated at Oxford  St Andrews and Cambridge. He is the author of three hugely acclaimed books on post-war Britain: Never Had It So Good  White Heat and State of Emergency  and two books on modern American history  Eugene McCarthy and Mad as Hell. A prolific reviewer and columnist  he writes regularly for the Sunday Times  Daily Mail  New Statesman and BBC History.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666256126005,"sku":"ByrdShop_0141032162","price":74.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780141032160.jpg?v=1782425481","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/seasons-in-the-sun-9780141032160","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}