Dominic Sandbrook Collection 2 Books Set Who Dares Wins Britain 1979-1982

Name: Dominic Sandbrook Collection 2 Books Set Who Dares Wins Britain 1979-1982
Brand: Dominic Sandbrook

Dominic Sandbrook

Description. Who Dares Wins: Britain, 1979-1982:. Margaret Thatcher had come to power in 1979 with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline into shabbiness and chaos. But as factories closed their doors, dole queues lengthened and the inner cities exploded in flames, would her radical medicine rescue the Sick Man of Europe - or kill it off? Vivid, surprising and gloriously entertaining, Dominic Sandbrook's new book recreates the decisive turning point in Britain's recent story. For some people this was an age of unparalleled opportunity, the heyday of computers and credit cards, snooker, Sloane Rangers and Spandau Ballet.. Seasons in the Sun: Britain, 1974-1979:. The late 1970s were Britain's years of strife and the good life. They saw inflation, riots, the peak of trade union power - and also the birth of home computers, the rise of the ready meal and the triumph of a Grantham grocer's daughter who would change everything. Dominic Sandbrook recreates this extraordinary period in all...