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Join London-based bookshop Heywood Hill, whose experts<br />
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THE MAKING<br />
OF MODERN<br />
BRITAIN<br />
BY ANDREW<br />
MARR<br />
Pan Macmillan<br />
Those looking<br />
to absorb the<br />
history of Britain<br />
should carry<br />
Marr’s fantastic book with them<br />
as a handbook. Taking you<br />
through the eras, from the death<br />
of Queen Victoria that signalled<br />
the end of an empire, to the<br />
Second World War, Marr weaves<br />
cultural and sociological anecdotes<br />
with hard-hitting historical facts.<br />
Far from being intimidating, the<br />
book is written in an approachable<br />
way and provides an accessible<br />
deconstruction of English history.<br />
Based on the memorable BBC<br />
documentary series of the same<br />
name, the book contains a huge<br />
amount of wide-ranging research,<br />
so you’re bound to pick up a new<br />
understanding of historical events,<br />
along with some fabulously fun<br />
facts along the way.<br />
BEETHOVEN:<br />
A LIFE IN<br />
NINE PIECES<br />
BY LAURA<br />
TUNBRIDGE<br />
Penguin Books<br />
An enlightening<br />
and engaging<br />
biography of<br />
German-born<br />
Ludwig van<br />
Beethoven, published to coincide<br />
with the 250th-year anniversary<br />
of his birth. Tunbridge eloquently<br />
presents the musician’s life through<br />
nine different compositions – each<br />
unearthing stories, anecdotes and<br />
aspects of Beethoven’s life and<br />
character, as well as the places<br />
where he lived. Tunbridge’s picks<br />
span all phases of Beethoven’s<br />
compositional career, from his<br />
early success in Vienna to the<br />
creation of the single-movement<br />
composition, Grosse Fuge.<br />
<br />
VIENNA.<br />
PORTRAIT<br />
OF A CITY<br />
BY CHRISTIAN<br />
BRANDSTATTER<br />
Taschen<br />
A beautiful<br />
testament to the<br />
Austrian capital’s<br />
illustrious history.<br />
What was once the beating heart<br />
of the Austro-Hungarian empire,<br />
now a thriving cosmopolitan city,<br />
Vienna has changed hands many<br />
times, and has always reflected<br />
the cultural climate of Europe<br />
along the way. This book is a<br />
collection of photography from<br />
the last 175 years, charting this<br />
evolution from imperial centre<br />
to modern metropolis. The<br />
photographs display everything<br />
from Vienna’s genteel coffee house<br />
culture to its sensational worldclass<br />
arts and music scene which<br />
produced the likes of Johann<br />
Strauss and Egon Schiele. A<br />
must-read for anyone with the<br />
city on their bucket-list.<br />
THE NORDIC<br />
COOKBOOK<br />
BY MAGNUS<br />
NILLSON<br />
Phaidon<br />
A look at the<br />
rich culinary<br />
pickings of the<br />
Nordic region,<br />
with 700 recipes,<br />
some well-known, some less so,<br />
selected and curated by the notable<br />
Swedish chef, Magnus Nilsson.<br />
The book is richly illustrated with<br />
personal photography from Nilsson<br />
and looks in depth at special<br />
ingredients famed throughout<br />
the Nordic region, telling a story<br />
of the area’s culinary history.<br />
Taking inspiration from the chef’s<br />
own travels around Denmark,<br />
the Faroe Islands, Finland,<br />
Greenland, Iceland, Norway<br />
and Sweden, the book is<br />
an inspiring and wanderlustinducing<br />
piece of work.<br />
THE FRENCH<br />
REVOLUTION<br />
BY MICHEL<br />
ROUX JUNIOR<br />
Orion Books<br />
As one of the<br />
best-known<br />
French chefs<br />
living on <strong>UK</strong><br />
shores, and armed with his twostar<br />
Michelin star restaurant in<br />
London, Michel Roux Jr is wellplaced<br />
to write about French<br />
cooking. Far from being a history<br />
book, the author takes you on a<br />
tour, visiting classic French dishes<br />
entwined in his own French<br />
upbringing, plus modern dishes<br />
that do away with the complicated<br />
cooking techniques often<br />
associated with French cooking.<br />
Instead, he opts for recipes that<br />
delight the palate without any<br />
difficulty. Look out for favourites<br />
including a delicate pea tart with<br />
filo pastry, a healthy hollandaise<br />
and a poulet basquaise (chicken<br />
stew) – all coming together for a<br />
taste of France.<br />
WHITE HEAT:<br />
A HISTORY OF<br />
BRITAIN IN<br />
THE SWINGING<br />
SIXTIES<br />
BY DOMINIC<br />
SANDBROOK<br />
Abacus<br />
First coined<br />
under the<br />
administration of Prime Minister<br />
Harold Wilson, the term ‘White<br />
Heat’ alludes to the spirit of society<br />
during the 1960s, when England<br />
was undergoing monumental<br />
cultural and social change. From<br />
stories of Soho to tragedy in<br />
Northern Ireland, from designer<br />
Mary Quant and musician Mick<br />
Jagger to the drama of the football<br />
World Cup, this book unravels<br />
the threads that created an<br />
incredible period in Britain’s history.<br />
Informative, intelligent and highly<br />
readable, the book is a compelling<br />
social history.<br />
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