Andrew Marr
Born
in Glasgow, Scotland
July 31, 1959
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A History of the World
2 editions
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published
2012
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A History of Modern Britain
31 editions
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published
2007
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The Making of Modern Britain
25 editions
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published
2007
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The Real Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
38 editions
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published
2011
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Head of State
20 editions
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published
2014
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Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged
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Children of the Master
6 editions
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published
2015
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My Trade: A Short History of British Journalism
14 editions
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published
2004
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A Short Book about Drawing
5 editions
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published
2013
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A History of 20th Century Britain
4 editions
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published
2011
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“The left tended to think people’s private lives should be their own, even if they made choices traditional Christian society regarded as immoral; but that people’s working lives, from how much they earned to where they worked, were fit for State interference. The right had a reverse view, that the State should uphold traditional moral codes with the full rigour of the law, but keep out of the economy as much as possible.”
― A History of Modern Britain
― A History of Modern Britain
“So although they might stare at us and ask, 'Who are these alien people?' We could reply, 'We are you, What you chose to become.”
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“For Reuter, it was the last act of the Great War and something which reduced, if it did not remove, the shame of defeat and surrender. The message, for those who chose to think about it, was that Germany was down but not out - defeated but not reconciled.”
― The Making of Modern Britain
― The Making of Modern Britain
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