Praise for 'An English Affair' 'A wonderful evocation of the period; a Rolls-Royce ride, with that hugely enjoyable sense of a writer being op top of his material and perfectly attuned to his subject' David Kynaston, author of 'Austerity Britain' 'An outstandingly evocative portrait of a hinge moment in our recent history, as well as a treasure trove of anecdotes' Dominic Sandbrook, 'Sunday Times' 'Fascinating ... a meticulous and witty portrait of a society built on the shaky foundations of snobbery, suspicion, hypocrisy and sexual anxiety' Craig Brown, 'Mail on Sunday' 'Mesmerising. Brilliantly researched, irresistibly readable, fiercely polemical... No book about the British past this year will cast a fiercer light on the British present' Boyd Tonkin, 'Independent' 'One of the best books I have read on postwar Britain ... a masterpiece of historical reconstruction' Richard Weight, 'History Today'