English : a story of Marmite, queuing and weather
Fogle, Ben, 1973-2018
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Total copies: 1
What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite - or is it something less easily defined? Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the Coopers Hill cheese-rolling contest and traversing a landscape of lawns and queues, coastlines and sporting arenas, Ben Fogle takes us on a journey through the peculiarly English: a country of wax jackets, cricket, boat races and jellied eels, by way of national treasures such as the shipping forecast, fish and chips and the Wellington boot.
Main title:
English : a story of Marmite, queuing and weather / Ben Fogle.
Author:
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2018.
Collation:
ix, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: William Collins, 2017.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780008222284 (pbk)0008222282 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942 FOG942
LC class:
DA110
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
319545