Synopsis
**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction**
'Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political life' Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge
'A lucid, thoughtful and richly provocative book' Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times
'Compelling, hugely well-informed . . . will stand for many years as the authoritative political history’ David Kynaston, author...
Details
04 September 2025560 pages
9781529083095Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Between the Waves is powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political lifeRory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge
You'll find much to enjoy in this thought-provoking account of Britain's uneasy relationship with Europe . . . even the most passionate Remainer — or Leaver — should enjoy it enormously . . . the lesson of this lucid, thoughtful and richly provocative book is that an issue like Britain’s relationship with Europe can never be settled. By nature it is an argument, a debate, a choice between competing evilsDominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times
An ambitious history of Britain’s volatile relationship with Europe . . . a great big entertaining sweep of a bookGaby Hinsliff, The Guardian
Sprightly . . . Between the Waves is well worth reading, summarising a massive amount of information in easily comprehensible form . . . an excellent entrée into a complex and highly emotive subjectVernon Bogdanor, The Telegraph
