Published alongside a landmark BBC2 series, this is the story of Britain from 1900 to the end of the Second World War. In THE MAKING OF MODERN BRITAIN, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Broad in scope, and both accessible and authoritative, this masterful new work of history covers a period of momentous change for Britain in fascinating detail.