{"product_id":"between-the-waves-by-tom-mctague-9781529083125","title":"Between the Waves","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive history of Britain's tumultuous relationship with Europe— as it's never been told before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political life\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Rory Stewart, author of \u003cem\u003ePolitics on the Edge\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Will stand for many years as the authoritative political history\"\u003c\/em\u003e — David Kynaston, author of \u003cem\u003eAusterity Britain, 1945-1951\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A cut above other Brexit accounts . . . even the most passionate Remainer - or Leaver - should enjoy it enormously\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this lively history, acclaimed writer Tom McTague chronicles the battle of ideas, events, and personalities that first took the country into the Common Market in 1973, only to take it out of the European Union in an explosive referendum a little over forty years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA riveting story of the clashing ideals that have pulled at Britain's public imagination for more than seven decades, \u003cem\u003eBetween the Waves\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates the conflicts between leading twentieth century politicians and the lesser-known actors in this great post-war drama: the Eurosceptic student radicals, Cold Warriors, eccentric billionaires, and political strategists who turned the tide of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUltimately, this book raises that most elemental of questions: who are we?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A sweeping, impressive and ambitious history of modern Europe\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Helen Lewis, author of \u003cem\u003eDifficult Women\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Publishers New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48018651676908,"sku":"9781529083125","price":33.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529083125-between-the-waves.jpg?v=1785231010","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/between-the-waves-by-tom-mctague-9781529083125","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}