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The English: A Portrait of a People

Paperback • 1999 • English

The English: A Portrait of a People

By Jeremy Paxman

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About the book

In The English Jeremy Paxman sets out to find about the English. Not the British overall, not the Scots, not the Irish or Welsh, but the English. Why do they seem so unsure of who they are? 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 behin...Show more

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ISBN

9780140267235

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

The English: A Portrait of a People

Format

Paperback

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