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The English Public School - An Irreverent and Personal History

Hardcover • 2018 • 1. edition

The English Public School - An Irreverent and Personal History

By Martin Stephen

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About the book

Until his retirement in 2011, Dr Martin Stephen was High Master of St Paul's School, and before that of Manchester Grammar School, two of the most academically successful independent schools in the world, bar none. As such, he is uniquely placed to write a study of that extraordinary phenomenon, the English public school, institutions that are as admired in some quarters as they are despised and vilified in others.His book, however, is no hagiography, and pulls no punches when it comes to the au...Show more

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9781786068774

Publisher

John Blake Publishing Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

Original title

The English Public School - An Irreverent and Personal History

Format

Hardcover

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