Elisabeth Åsbrink at Lutyens and Rubinstein Bookshop

Elisabeth Åsbrink is appearing at Lutyens and Rubinstein Bookshop in Notting Hill at talk about her book 1947: when now begins.

In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes The Second Sex, the first computer bug is discovered, the CIA is set up, Hassan Al-Banna draws up the plan that remains the goal of jihadists to this day, and a UN committee is given four months to find a solution to the problem of Palestine. And among the millions in flight across Europe looking for a new home in 1947 are the parents of Elisabeth Åsbrink. In 1947 Åsbrink chronicles the creation of the world we now inhabit, as the forces that will go on to govern all our lives during the next 70 years first make themselves known.

Tickets are £10 (£5 concessions).

1947

Elisabeth Åsbrink

RRP: £16.99 Pub date: 20 Oct 2017 Category: History Cover view

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1947

Elisabeth Åsbrink

RRP: £12.99 Pub date: 20 Oct 2017 Category: History Cover view

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