ISBN10: 0140267239, ISBN13: 9780140267235, [publisher: Penguin UK, London England] Hardcover ## The English: A Portrait Of A People by Jeremy Paxman 1999 ## ## THIS BOOK: Classified as VERY GOOD. This edition published in 1999. First published by Michael Joseph in 1998, printed with minor revisions in Penguin Books 1999 A book that shows a few signs of being read; the cover is full-colour matt. There is some minor bumping; the page edges are slightly discoloured due to paper quality and time.### ## THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER: 'As good and as funny a description of the current state of our race as you will find anywhere. HENRY PORTER, GUARDIAN ## ##'He tos and fros between sources as various as Brief Encounter and Mrs Miniver through byways which include a jewel of an encounter between Bernie Grant MP and the Duke of Edinburgh, a brilliant analysis of the Church of England and Dostoevsky's impressions of 19th-century London . It is hard to think of anyone better than Jeremy Paxman to shove the English in the right direction: CARMEN CALLIL, DAILY TELEGRAPH ## ## 'An intelligent, well-written, informative and funny book covering history; attitudes to foreigners, sex, food and sport; English stereotypes, the condition of the language and so on. A book to chew on, dip into, quote from and exploit in arguments: the book brims With reference and subtle allusion ANDREW MARR, OBSERVER ## ### INTERNATIONAL BUYERS: Please Note. FREE SHIPPING IS UK ...
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