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Andrew Marr (1) (1959–)

Autor/a de A History of Modern Britain

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Andrew Marr, a bestselling author and award-winning journalist, hosts The Andrew Marr Show on BBC. His best-known book, A History of Modern Britain, was accompanied by a BBC television series that won one of British television's most prestigious prizes. He and his wife live in London with their mostra'n més three children. mostra'n menys
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“Leading comes from observing what our forefathers and those around us did. Take those lessons and use them to propel your society and kingdom into greatness with tact, skill, commitment, financial astuteness and humbleness of heart and mind whilst also opening your hearts and minds to those of a different race and background than you.”
 
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Kaianna.Isaure | Hi ha 3 ressenyes més | Oct 3, 2023 |
god i hate the word Brexit, why has that become our go-to word for this sorry mess? (why is it a subtitle on the goodreads title of this book?)

Fortunately this book, written a couple of years before the real referendum and set in a fictional 2017, doesn't use the word Brexit. It's written as a prediction of what would happen. In some ways it didn't get it crazy enough, frankly, but in others it's pretty accurate. Currency loses value overnight, etc.

The book is a bit bloated, overall. It has way too many characters, no true main character or protagonist, so I couldn't really care less when some of the final-hour reveals came by (e.g., two characters turn out to be siblings, but why does it matter?). But too many of the plot threads are left hanging, at the same time. One reveal that irked me a lot was a gay male character bedding a woman for strategic gain at the end. It came across as homophobic on the part of the author, predatory on the part of the woman character. It leaves his partner out in the dust - we never find out what happens to him.

It seems to be unsure how much it can take potshots at real-world figures. Rory Bremner, Jeremy Clarkson, David Cameron, Nick Clegg and the Milibands are namechecked (incidentally, Ed Miliband was the Labour leader for five years?? He made as much impression on me as a wet tea-towel...), but other characters are obvious ersatz versions of Theresa May, for example, and Twitter is renamed Witter. There's also a new King instead of Lizzy, and a Madame President in America - oh, if only!

But some aspects of it worked well. The central thriller plot works really well, building up subtly, and revealing the death of the PM about a third of the way into the book, which happened before all the other events that had been described up until then. I was shocked by the revelation and immediately hooked, and had to go back and check the previous chapters to find that they held together. I also was anxious on the eve of Theresa May's snap election this year and read through about half of the book that evening to calm my nerves a bit.
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finlaaaay | Hi ha 4 ressenyes més | Aug 1, 2023 |
CUPRINS

1. Multumiri - pag. 7
2. Introducere - pag. 9

3. Partea I - Afara din arsita, spre ger - pag. 21
4. Partea a II-a - Pledoarie pentru razboi - pag. 75
5. Partea a III-a - Sabia si cuvantul - pag. 137
6. Partea a IV-a - Dincolo de creuzetul tulbure - pag. 217
7. Partea a V-a - Detonarea lumii - pag. 287
8. Partea a VI-a - Visuri de libertate - pag. 351
9. Partea a VII-a - Capitalismul si adversarii acestuia - pag. 437
10. Partea a VIII-a - Timpurile noastre - pag. 535

11. Bibliografie - pag. 653
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Toma_Radu_Szoha | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Apr 27, 2023 |
Not a bad overview of early 20th century British history. Others have said that Marr is just regurgitating pieces from other history books and does no research himself, but Marr is a journalist not a historian so the book is written as I expected.
 
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thewestwing | Hi ha 6 ressenyes més | Aug 12, 2022 |

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