A Northern Wind

<p><b>The 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><br><br><b>''From Daleks and dingy tower blocks to nuclear threats, this addictively readable book charts dizzying change . . . Sometimes moving, often comic, always fascinating''</b><br>DOMINIC SANDBROOK, <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i><br><br>How much can change in two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of Liverpool''s the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a Yorkshireman utterly different from his Old Etonian predecessors.<br><br><i>A Northern Wind</i>, the keenly anticipated next instalment of David Kynaston''s acclaimed <i>Tales of a New Jerusalem </i>series, brings to vivid life the period between October 1962 and February 1965. Drawing upon an unparalleled array of diaries, newspapers and first-hand recollections, Kynaston''s masterful storytelling refreshes familiar events – the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Big Freeze, the assassination of JFK, the funeral of Winston Churchill – while revealing in all their variety the experiences of the people living through this history.<br><br>Major themes complement the compelling narrative: an anti-Establishment mood epitomised by the BBC''s controversial <i>That Was The Week That Was</i>; a welfare state only slowly becoming more responsive to the individual needs of its users; and the rise of consumer culture, as Habitat arrived and shopping centres like Birmingham''s Bull Ring proliferated. Multi-voiced, multi-dimensional and immersive, <i>Tales of a New Jerusalem </i>has transformed how we see and understand post-war Britain. <i>A Northern Wind </i>continues the journey.<br><br><b>A WATERSTONES, <i>TIMES</i>, <i>TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN</i>, <i>SPECTATOR </i>AND <i>BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE </i>BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br><br><b>''Magnificent . . . The early Sixties have never been recounted so well'' </b><br><i>THE TIMES</i>, BOOKS OF THE YEAR<br><br><b>''A breathtaking array of treasures . . . A book to savour'' </b><br><i>TLS</i><br><br><b>''Extraordinarily atmospheric, capturing more than anything a sense of what this moment might have felt like to live through'' </b><br><i>FINANCIAL TIMES</i><br><br><b>''Kynaston is the most humane and even-handed chronicler of our time, and the one best-qualified to carry this mightily compelling national story onwards'' </b><br><i>OBSERVER</i></p>