{"product_id":"waterloo-sunrise-9780691220529","title":"Waterloo Sunrise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A Daily Telegraph Best History Book of the Year\"\u003cbr\u003e\"It is one of the pleasures of \u003ci\u003eWaterloo Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e that it leaps from race and urban reorganization to fashion and fun. Mr. Davis is a wizard of the archives. The general reader will delight in his excavation of local newspapers in pursuit of treasures that illuminate whatever topic is under discussion.\"\u003cb\u003e---James Campbell, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"John Davis charts the complexities of these important decades in London’s recent history with great brilliance. . . . A sure-footed and unrivalled guide.\"\u003cb\u003e---Jerry White, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Davis is a magnificent tour guide for the world he has reconstructed. . . . He shows us how London stopped being so boring, what we gained and what we lost.\"\u003cb\u003e---Florence Sutcliffe-Braithwaite, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Entertaining and affecting.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Gapper, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an engrossing, scholarly account of a time when London was in transformation . . . and one that will interest Londoners and non-Londoners alike.\"\u003cb\u003e---Martin Chilton, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautifully written account of the arrival of trattorias, Carnaby Street, tower blocks and gentrification, as the capital was developed after the destruction of the war.\"\u003cb\u003e---Simon Heffer, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Like the Kinks classic to which the title playfully alludes, \u003ci\u003eWaterloo Sunrise \u003c\/i\u003eis infectious, full of human detail, and generous in its narrative sweep.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew d’Ancona, \u003ci\u003eTortoise Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Davis weaves two decades of social, physical, economic, cultural, and political change into a coherent tapestry. . . . A welcome, well-written resource.\" * Choice Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\"There is a wealth of information and cogent analysis in this book. It is well-researched with a very full scholarly apparatus. . . . [A] highly entertaining work.\"\u003cb\u003e---Alan Clarke, \u003ci\u003eOpen History Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eWithin its 434 pages some alchemy turns the drab 1970’s into London’s apotheosis. . . . I love the book—it’s a 400-page plus page turner.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Barry Coidan, \u003ci\u003eThe London Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a book I will be using as a research source for many years to come.\"\u003cb\u003e---Geoff Nicholson, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWaterloo Sunrise, \u003c\/i\u003ean original, superbly written, and immaculately researched book by John Davis, has the merit not only of being a serious work of social history but also of being one that lifts up the stone to reveal aspects of London life between the early 1960s and the advent of Mrs. Thatcher. . . . Davis is as perceptive in describing the decline of the 1970s as he is in detailing the excitement of London in the 1960s.\"\u003cb\u003e---Simon Heffer, \u003ci\u003eNew Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403910455639,"sku":"9780691220529","price":37.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691220529.jpg?v=1730484862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/waterloo-sunrise-9780691220529","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}