The Shadow of a Nation
Subtitle: The Changing Face of Britain
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Limited
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780297607700
Subjects: Biography: general; British & Irish history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Social history; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; History - General History; History: World; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Europe - Great Britain - General; General; Sociology - General; Biography & Autobiography / General; GREAT BRITAIN_BIOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN_HISTORY; GREAT BRITAIN_SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; Social Science / Media Studies; Europe - Ireland; Modern - 20th Century
First sentence: My father was born on the eve of the First World War and never quite shed the mind cast of that long-forgotten age.