A. J. P. Taylor Quote

In the Second World War the British people came of age. This was a people's war…Few now sang Land of Hope and Glory. Few even sang England Arise. England had risen all the same.


English History, 1914–1945 (1965)


In the Second World War the British people came of age. This was a people's war…Few now sang Land of Hope and Glory. Few even sang England Arise....

In the Second World War the British people came of age. This was a people's war…Few now sang Land of Hope and Glory. Few even sang England Arise....

In the Second World War the British people came of age. This was a people's war…Few now sang Land of Hope and Glory. Few even sang England Arise....

In the Second World War the British people came of age. This was a people's war…Few now sang Land of Hope and Glory. Few even sang England Arise....