"With nerveless authority, Brian Harrison--the doyen of modern British historians--has wrought a superb history of the UK since the fall of Thatcher. Interrogating the notion of overall 'decline', and resisting any simple label for the era, he delivers both a forensic political analysis and compelling account of evolutionary change in every area of social, economic and cultural life. A masterly achievement and a joy to read." --Richard Carwardine, author of Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln's Union "This brilliant book provides its readers with a rich account and a deep analysis of Britain from 1990 to 2020. It enables them both to know and understand the multiple complexities of the British world. Brian Harrison gives us not only a deeply perceptive picture of the individuals involved but also the broader story of not only the politics but of so many other elements of what make up British society today. What an accomplishment!" --Peter Stansky, author of The Socialist Patriot: George Orwell and War "Brian Harrison's new book is the third and final volume of his magisterial trilogy on British history since the Second World War. Covering the period since 1990, in a carefully structured work full of well-chosen examples, insightful biographical portraits and sharp analysis, Harrison brilliantly links together the recent history of British politics, international relations, society and culture.

One of the foremost historians of modern Britain has now delivered the definitive account of our own age." --Lawrence Goldman, St Peter's College, Oxford "The capstone work of a great historian, Brian Harrison's Yesterday has all the elements integral to the Harrisonian brand: breadth of coverage, scrupulous attention to detail, the premium placed on explanation, analytical rigor, habitual fair-mindedness and incisive prose. Harrison's esteemed scholarly career began sixty years ago. This book is its fitting culmination." --Bruce Kinzer, professor emeritus of history, Kenyon College "An excellent book. In an imaginative and detailed way, it makes clear the changing public and official circumstances in Britain in the four decades since Thatcher. The consensus eventually held that Britain was 'a major power of the second rank.'" --William R.

Louis, University of Texas at Austin.