This witty book, arising from the author's long and odd life, is cosmopolitan and politically incorrect. It is a personal memoir suspended from a family history and runs from mediaeval Prussia to the England of 2005. He makes no bones about anything: the vast distinction of his ancestry, the scenery of Bavaria and Granada, the Blitz, Churchill, the deplorable British educational system, sex, the 1930s degradation of France, besides counter-espionage, Belgian social habits and his own six careers. There is much on Winchester, Oxford and Army life, occasionally hilarious, and Venice comes in...
This witty book, arising from the author's long and odd life, is cosmopolitan and politically incorrect. It is a personal memoir suspended from a fami...
First published in 1996, this comprehensive guide to the history of Britain and its peoples will be indispensable reading for the general enthusiast, as well as students. It is packed full of fascinating detail on everything from Hadrian s Wall to the Black Death to Tony Blair. The book was assembled over more than thirty years and has seen updates in three editions."
First published in 1996, this comprehensive guide to the history of Britain and its peoples will be indispensable reading for the general enthusias...
First published in 1996, this comprehensive guide to the history of Britain and its peoples will be indispensable reading for the general enthusiast, as well as students. It is packed full of fascinating detail on everything from Hadrian s Wall to the Black Death to Tony Blair. The book was assembled over more than thirty years and has seen updates in three editions.
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First published in 1996, this comprehensive guide to the history of Britain and its peoples will be indispensable reading for the general enthusias...
