Opportunity Britain: A

Northern Wind, 1962-65

David Kynaston

Britain’s early sixties told as only David Kynaston can, this is the anticipated next volume in Kynaston’s landmark series.

How much can change in three short years? In the case of Britain in the early sixties, the answer is: almost everything.

A Northern Wind, the anticipated continuation of David Kynaston’s legendary ‘Tales of a New Jerusalem’ series, brings to vivid life the three crucial years of 1962–1965 in Britain. Drawing upon diaries, newspapers and the memories of the people who lived it, Kynaston’s masterful storytelling refreshes familiar events – from the Big Freeze to the assassination of JFK – while simultaneously bringing to light the tales of the everyday people witnessing this history.

This period oversaw the construction of Britain as we know it today. Multi-voiced, multi-dimensional and immersive, 'Tales of a New Jerusalem' has fundamentally altered our perception and understanding of post-war Britain. A Northern Wind intensifies the process, given extra insight by David Kynaston now remembering personally the events under his microscope.

David Kynaston is a professional historian and author. He has written a fourvolume history of the City of London as well as a history of the Bank of England and three more recent books about British history. His continuing history of postwar Britain has so far comprised Austerity Britain, Family Britain, Modernity Britain and On the Cusp.