David Kynaston 
A Northern Wind 
Britain 1962-65

A WATERSTONES, TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston ( »the most entertaining historian alive » Spectator) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, A Northern Wind is the anticipated new volume in the landmark  »Tales of a New Jerusalem » series.




 »Addictively readable . . . Kynaston »s tireless research turns up plenty of gems » Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

 »A breathtaking array of treasures » TLS


 »Magisterial » Financial Times
 »Here is an intricate tapestry that conveys the essence of time » Literary Review



How much can change in less than two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a prime minister utterly different from his Old Etonian predecessors.




A Northern Wind, the keenly anticipated next instalment of David Kynaston »s acclaimed
Tales of a New Jerusalem series, brings to vivid life the period between October 1962 and February 1965. Drawing upon an unparalleled array of diaries, newspapers and first-hand recollections, Kynaston »s masterful storytelling refreshes familiar events – the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Big Freeze, the assassination of JFK, the funeral of Winston Churchill – while revealing in all their variety the experiences of the people living through this history.



Major themes complement the compelling narrative: an anti-Establishment mood epitomised by the BBC »s controversial
That Was The Week That Was; a welfare state only slowly becoming more responsive to the individual needs of its users; and the rise of consumer culture, as Habitat arrived and shopping centres like Birmingham »s Bull Ring proliferated. Multi-voiced, multi-dimensional and immersive,
Tales of a New Jerusalem has transformed how we see and understand post-war Britain.
A Northern Wind continues the journey.