The acclaimed history of the immigrants who made modern Britain, now in paperback.
Clair Wills is a critic and cultural historian. She is the author of That Neutral island- A History of Ireland during the Second World War, which won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman History Prize, Dublin 1916- The Siege of the GPO, and The Best Are Leaving- Emigration and Post-War Irish Culture. She teaches at Princeton University and divides her time between the United States and Europe.
A lyrical account... deeply researched and full of wise and
original observations about migration
*The Times*
Strangers and Lovers is brimming with new archival sources, careful
cullings of governmental documents and oral histories - the book
encompasses poetry and fiction as well as sociological
accounts.
*Guardian*
Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand not only the
transformation of British society after the war but also its
character today
*Literary Review*
Masterful... these are the stories of Britain's yesterdays, todays
and tomorrows, and they could hardly be more timely.
*Financial Times*
Her well-written, readable story evolves like a novel or film
script with key characters.
*Times Higher Education*
What you get in Lovers and Strangers is a mix of oral history,
scholarly analysis and impressionistic essay
*The Times*
The perfect post-Brexit book
*Evening Standard*
Lovers and Strangers presents a historically rich view of
immigration to Britain. Wills writes with both humour and detail
about the lives of thousands of single men from Poland, Ireland,
the West Indies and South Asia. Many of her tales are filled with
the music, alcohol and nightlife which occupied the attentions of
thousands of single men
*Chatham House*
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