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    <body><![CDATA[I think Andrew Marr should have titled the book A history of Modern British Government. The Book was just talking about past british government and their policies. It will make a good text book for A level History and Political students than for ordinary people or immigrants who wants to learn about...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50418975">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Phew.  Finished.  I usually feel relieved to turn the last page of a book, but after concluding Andrew Marr's hefty 600 page history of Britain I felt positively unburdened.<br/><br/>From the post-war aftermath to the end of Blair's reign, Marr provides a rivetting insight into how Britain has cha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73548080">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A reasonable compendium of basic information. Doesn't rise above what you would expect of a journalist. Lots of implicit biases. In particular, the authors contempt for all British politicians, which makes you wonder why he also rails against (no, actually, sneers against) what he sees as the abando...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51745274">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;P class=AICopy style=&quot;MARGIN: 7pt 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;This engaging volume tells the story of how the great political visions and idealisms of Victorian Britain came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity, and self-gratification. It explains how in each decade, political leaders found themselves confounded by the British people, who always turned out to be harder to herd than predicted. Historically Britain has been a country on the edge—first of invasion, then of bankruptcy, then on the vulnerable front line of the Cold War, and later in the forefront of the great opening up of capital and migration. This history follows all the political and economic stories of the modern era as well as with such social trends as comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher’s wonderful good luck, political lies, and the true heroes of British theater. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic read which helps an understanding of how we are what we are today - addresses all the key events of the 20c with simplicity]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fabulously readable account of modern Britain told with the wit you'd expect of Andrew Marr. It's not just about politics, but also a social history. <br/>Marr casts a critical, yet fond, eye over we British and our leaders. There's no discernible political bias - successive governments have their ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14757227">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not finished, but strangely I can't get this to appear in the &quot;reading&quot; column.  For a history book its a good read.  The post-war austerity stuff, creation of the NHS was all very interesting in a broad brush sort of way.  It is broad-brush a primer on the subject if you like and he i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8994853">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was very helpful in filling in a strange vacuum of knowledge post 1945 which has always embarrassed me....what exactly happened re Suez? How did we end up with the power cuts and the 3 day week? All this and more, with balance.. enough facts to fill the gaps, yet brief enough on each episo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30575336">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[the first history book i have ever read that i can remember what i am reading. The narrative flows well, explains the complexity of events without getting bogged down.<br/><br/> I was helped by reading most of it when staying in a superb 1960s house with a cupboard full of press cuttings and magaz...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8120883">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Having specialised in post 1945 Britain for a masters I was sceptical whether this would add anything but it did. A brilliant mixture of the texture of how people lived and political commentary all told in the crisp style that makes Andew Marr such a pleasure as a writer and commentator. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I found it tailored off towards the end, either because I remember this era (&amp; don't really agree with his viewpoint), or because it is too recent for Andrew Marr to reflect on &amp; that he was too involved with at the time and has not distanced himself from these times. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A real masterpiece. Efficient, effective writing style meant that reading this was never a chore. It was never dry and dusty. I bet he's itching to do a final chapter based on what's happened even since the time he wrote this and the preface to the paperback! ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's quite interesting getting a in-depth view of British History after WWII from a perspective that isn't american. It is taking a while to get through.]]></body>
    
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