English : a story of Marmite, queuing and weather
Fogle, Ben, 1973-2017
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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:
Fogle, Ben, 1973-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2017.
Collation:
ix, 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780008222246 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2225020