1974
Scenes from a Year of Crisis
$31.50
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2024
Summary
From the Watergate scandal, deposition of Haile Selassie and the expulsion of Solzhenitsyn from the Soviet Union, to ABBA’s landmark victory at the Eurovision Song Contest and the production of the very first Volkswagen Golf - a concise, entertaining survey of an important year in 20th-century history, published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of 1974.
1974 was a year of major changes around the world.
Presidents resigned, emperors were deposed, and new …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857305824 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857305824 |
| Author: | Nick Rennison |
| Publisher: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Oldcastle Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2024 |
| Weight: | 384g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm |
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Critics Review
Breezy and very readable canter through a seminal 12 months… a finely judged balance between conversational anecdote and genuine insight * Observer *
Rennison proves a chatty and amiable guide [and] offers an enjoyable and evocative ramble down Memory Lane * Telegraph *
Hugely entertaining… often wryly amusing… plenty of light entertainment and colourful anecdote
– Mail on SundayRennison makes an enjoyable and often wry case for that year being a key moment
– BBC History Magazine
About The Author
Nick Rennison
Nick Rennison is a writer, editor and bookseller with a particular interest in the Victorian era and in crime fiction. He is the editor of six anthologies of short stories for No Exit Press, plus A Short History of Polar Exploration, Peter Mark Roget: A Biography, Freud and Psychoanalysis, Robin Hood: Myth, History & Culture and Bohemian London, published by Oldcastle Books. He is a regular reviewer for both The Sunday Times and BBC History Magazine.
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