How England Made the English - From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours

Informationen zum Autor Harry Mount is the author of Amo, Amas, Amat and All That , his best-selling book on Latin, and A Lust for Window Sills - A Guide to British Buildings . A journalist for many newspapers and magazines, he has been a New York correspondent and a leader writer for the Daily Telegraph . He studied classics and history at Oxford, and architectural history at the Courtauld Institute. He lives in north London. Klappentext Harry Mount is the author of Amo, Amas, Amat and All That , his best-selling book on Latin, and A Lust for Window Sills - A Guide to British Buildings . A journalist for many newspapers and magazines, he has been a New York correspondent and a leader writer for the Daily Telegraph . He studied classics and history at Oxford, and architectural history at the Courtauld Institute. He lives in north London. Zusammenfassung Packed with facts and stories, this book helps you to learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia without the Gulf Stream; why we drive on the left-hand side of the road; and why the Midlands became the home of the British curry.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Harry Mount, Mount Harry
• Editore: Penguin Books Uk
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.04.2013
• EAN: 9780670919147
• ISBN: 978-0-670-91914-7
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Kulturgeschichte, England : Geschichte