Borrowed time : the story of Britain between the wars / Roy Hattersley
2007, First Edition. London : Little, Brown. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #370753
ISBN: 9780316730327
Physical description; viii, 454 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-442) and index. Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed. Contents; Introduction: The Hush Before the Dawn -- pt. I. Years for the Locusts to Eat -- 1. A Child Weeping -- 2. Inherit the Wilderness -- 3. A Wind of Freedom -- 4. The King's Matter -- pt. II. Human Habitation -- 5. Not a Penny off the Pay -- 6. A Question of Confidence -- 7. Tight-Lipped Men in Caps -- 8. My Fathers House -- pt. III. The Shape of Things to Come -- 9. Few Know What They Want -- 10. As Quick As I Can -- 11. Taking Part -- 12. Private Daydreams -- pt. IV. Today the Struggle -- 13. Into the Wasteland -- 14. Shaping the Idea -- 15. Power Without Responsibility -- 16. The Drift to War. Subjects; Great Britain Social conditions 20th century. Great Britain History George V, (1910-1936). Great Britain Politics and government (1910-1936). Great Britain Social conditions 20th century. Great Britain History George VI, (1936-1952). Great Britain Politics and government (1936-1945). Great Britain Social life and customs (1918-1945). Great Britain History (1910-1936), George V. Genres; Bibliography. History. Illustrated.
Price: €14.95