England, Our England [Paperback]

Alan Titchmarsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2009

An anthology and miscellany of everything an Englishman should know—from Austen to Wordsworth; Jerusalem to the Scout's Honor; kings and queens of England to Land of Hope and Glory; Savile Row tailors to Jermyn St. shirt makers; tying a Windsor knot to making a pot of tea; Victoria sponge to fish pie, and the rules of cricket to Gilbert and Sullivan operas.

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About the Author

Alan Titchmarsh has written more that 40 gardening books, as well as novels and his first volume of memoirs Trowel and Error.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (May 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340953039
• ISBN-13: 978-0340953037
• Product Dimensions: 1 x 4.8 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,206,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable & Enjoyable, By Jingo!, July 5, 2009

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AllAmericanAlienBoy (ThinkingOfthe USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: England, Our England (Paperback)

As an English ex-pat living for over a quarter century in the USofA, I found this book entirely by accident.......and I'm SO thankful that I did!
You can turn your nose up at Titchmarsh on the TV, but don't ignore this book. In this one volume he lovingly crystallizes and reminds the reader of what we treasure in the culture and collective memory of our 'green and pleasant land', with just sufficient modernity and reality to keep the content from being stale or maudlin.
I won't spoil the experience for you by being overly specific, just to say that Alan offers excerpts, verses,lists and other content usually with an intro or footnote from his own pen that I believe will echo profoundly with most every son and daughter of the English sod who picks up the work and peruses same.
If you're an Englishman/Englishwoman abroad, you owe it to yourself to get this book and keep it on hand whenever you feel a need for a refreshing bout of 'Limey-ness'.
Somehow I opened it up and read it on July Fourth - is that treasonous here in America?- and I KNOW I'll be back to it like a slice of 'cut and come again cake' as the weeks and months go by.
If you're not (fortunate enough to be) English, then don't worry, this makes the perfect study guide for a comprehensive appreciation of English culture and life. In short, I recommend this book wholeheartedly and without reservation to everybody who's breathing. Can I say more??
Oh and Alan? I forgive you for being born in Yorkshire!