David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has been a professional historian since 1973 and has written eighteen books, including The City of London (1994-2001), a widely acclaimed four-volume history, and W.G.’s Birthday Party, an account of the Gentleman vs. the Players at Lord’s in July 1898. He is the author of Austerity Britain, 1945-51, the first title in a series of books covering the history of post-war Britain (1945-1979) under the collective title “Tales of a New Jerusalem”.
Books in order of publication:
King Labour: British Working Class, 1850–1914, 1976
Bobby Abel: Professional Batsman, 1857–1936, 1982
Archie’s Last Stand: M.C.C. in New Zealand 1922-23: Being an Account of Mr. A. C. MacLaren’s tour and His Last Stand, 1984
The Financial Times: a centenary history, 1988
WG’s Birthday Party, 1990
Cazenove & Co.: a history, 1991
The Bank of England: Money, Power, and Influence 1694–1994, 1995 (edited by Richard Roberts)
The City of London, Volume I: A World of Its Own, 1815–90, 1995
The City of London, Volume II: Golden Years, 1890–1914, 1995
LIFFE: A Market and its Makers, 1997
The City of London, Volume III: Illusions of Gold, 1914–45, 1999
The City of London, Volume IV: Club No More, 1945–2000, 2002 (with Will Sulkin)
Austerity Britain, 1945–51, 2007, reprinted as:
Austerity Britain: A World to Build, 1945–48, 2008
Austerity Britain: Smoke in the Valley, 1948–51, 2008
Family Britain, 1951–57, 2009
City of London: The History, 2012
Modernity Britain, 1957–62, 2014, previously published as:
Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–59, 2013
Modernity Britain: A Shake of the Dice, 1959–62, 2014
Till Time’s Last Sand: A History of the Bank of England 1694–2013, 2017
Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket, 2018 (with Stephen Fay)
Engines of Privilege: Britain’s private school problem, co-authored with Francis Green
On the Cusp: Days of ’62, 2021
A Northern Wind: Britain 1962-65, 2023
Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic, 2024
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