A Northern Wind av David Kynaston

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<b>A WATERSTONES, <i>TIMES</i>, <i>TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN</i>, <i>SPECTATOR </i>AND <i>BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE </i>BOOK OF THE YEARThe early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston (''the most entertaining historian alive'' <i>Spectator</i>) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, <i>A Northern Wind </i>is the anticipated new volume in the landmark ¿Tales of a New Jerusalem¿ series.</b><b>''Addictively readable . . . Kynaston''s tireless research turns up plenty of gems'' Dominic Sandbrook, <i>Sunday Times</i></b><b>''A breathtaking array of treasures'' <i>TLS</i></b><b>''Magisterial'' <i>Financial Times</i>¿Here is an intricate tapestry that conveys the essence of time¿ <i>Literary Review</i></b>How much can change in less than two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a prime minister utterly different fro