Overview

Everyone has a view on what constitutes Englishness - and Paxman's has sold over 560,000 to date 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 behind the English obsession with games? . How did they acquire their odd attitudes to sex and to food? . Where did they get their extraordinary capacity for hypocrisy? Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypyes, language and much, much more, The English brims over with stories and anecdotes that provide a fascinating portrait of a nation and its people.

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Intelligent, well-written, informative and funny...A book to chew on, dip into, quote from and exploit in arguments -- Andrew Marr Observer Bursting with good things Daily Telegraph

Intelligent, well-written, informative and funny...A book to chew on, dip into, quote from and exploit in arguments Observer Bursting with good things Daily Telegraph

Intelligent, well-written, informative and funny.A book to chew on, dip into, quote from and exploit in arguments -- Andrew Marr Observer Bursting with good things Daily Telegraph

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Jeremy Paxman was born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge. He is an award-winning journalist who spent ten years reporting from overseas, notably for Panorama. He is the author of five books including The English. He is the presenter of Newsnight and University Challenge and has presented BBC documentaries on various subjects including Victorian art and Wilfred Owen.

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