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'There'll always be an England, as the famous song says. But what, exactly, does being English mean? As Paul Monod shows in this elegant, beautifully written history, such questions have never been easy to answer - not by the ancient Britons, not by the Anglo-Saxons and their Norman conquerors, and certainly not today.' Eliga Gould, author of Among the Powers of the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire 'A fascinating and deeply researched study of what it meant to be English - or British (or not-British) - across two millennia of history. Elegantly written, erudite, and wide-ranging, it explores the changing construction of cultural, national and ethnic identities during times of peace and war and across empires. A must read.' Tim Harris, Munro-Goodwin-Wilkinson Professor in European History, Brown University 'A sweeping and provocative overview of the historical peculiarities of the English and the English obsession with their own peculiarities, Monod's sparkling study burnishes his reputation as a daring and original historian of early modern England and Europe.' Kathleen Wilson, SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University

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Paul Kléber Monod is A. Barton Hepburn Professor Emeritus of History at Middlebury College. He is the author of Jacobitism and the English People, 1688–1788 (1989), The Power of Kings: Monarchy and Religion in Europe, 1589–1715 (1999), The Murder of Mr. Grebell (2003), and Solomon's Secret Arts: The Occult in the Age of Enlightenment (2013). He is co-editor, with Susan Amussen, of the forthcoming New Cambridge History of Britain Volume III.

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