Awarded the Duff Cooper Prize and the NCR Award for Non-Fiction, Peter Hennessy's book, Never Again: Britain 1945-51, is the first part of his post-war trilogy and highlights life in early post-war Britain. Hennessy brings Attlee's years to life more vividly than any other writer, as stated by Ben Pimlott from the Guardian.

After the Second World War, Britain was in a state of flux. It was a time of austerity and reconstruction, where hope for a better future contrasted with the horror of war. Fresh ideas emerged during the shared experience of conflict, and the new, widespread belief that everyone should be treated equally led to the creation of the "welfare state" and the NHS, despite challenging economic conditions. Internationally, Britain was finding its place in a world increasingly overshadowed by the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

Hennessy is rarely dull, as mentioned by Philip Ziegler from the Daily Telegraph, and is the antithesis of the dry academic historian. He laughs a lot and spices up his writing with humorous and illuminating anecdotes, according to Ian Aitken from the Guardian. It is an amiable, highly accessible, and brilliantly researched account of cabinet politics and the popular habits of life and leisure during the period of labor.

Pages: 592, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm