The Reign - Life in Elizabeth's Britain av Matthew Engel

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<p><b>***A Waterstones Best Books of 2022 pick***</b><br><b><br>Book of the Year in the <i>Daily Mail</i>, <i>Daily Telegraph</i> and <i>New Statesman</i><br><br>''</b><b>A powerful illumination of a lost world that is nevertheless part of living memory.'' Simon Heffer, ''Books of the Year'' </b><b>,</b><b><i> Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br><b>''A</b><b>joyous new book on post-war Britain.'' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><br>She came to the throne in 1952 when Britain had a far-flung empire, Winston Churchill was prime minister, sweets were rationed, mums stayed at home and kids played on bombsites. In the seventy years that followed everything changed utterly - except the Queen herself, ageing far more gracefully than the fractious nation with which she became synonymous. <br><br>While the Queen is the motif for this book, the story Engel tells is not about her - it is primarily about the British. Through original research, interviews with people who were there and his own memories of