The English
Author(s): Jeremy Paxman
Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: # Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted? # What is behind the English obsession with games? # How did they acquire their odd attitudes to sex and to food? # Where did they get their extraordinary capacity for hypocrisy? Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypes, language and much, much more, The English brims over with stories and anecdotes that provide a fascinating portrait of a nation and its people.
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Intelligent, well-written, informative and funny...A book to chew on, dip into, quote from and exploit in arguments Observer Bursting with good things Daily Telegraph
Jeremy Paxman is a journalist, best known for his work presenting Newsnight and University Challenge. His books include Friends in High Places, The English and The Political Animal. He lives in Oxfordshire.
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- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : Penguin Books Ltd
- : 0.215
- : 31 July 2007
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 320
- : 305.821
- : Paperback
- : Jeremy Paxman