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How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Don't Talk to Our Neighbours
Harry Mount
Paperback. Penguin 2013-04-04.
ISBN 9780670919147
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Paperback. Pub Date :2013-04-04 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Group Harry Mounts How England Made the English: From Why We Drive on the Left to Why We Dont Talk to Our Neighbours is packed with astonishing facts and wonderful stories.Q.Why are English train seats so narrowA.Its all the Romans fault.The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; and they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots. For readers of Paxmans The English. Brysons Notes on a Small Island and Foxs Watching the English. this intriguing and witty book explains how our national characteristics - our sense of humour. our hobbies. our favourite foods and our behaviour with the opposite sex - are all defined by our nations extraordinary geography. geology. climate and weather.You will learn how we would be as freezing cold as Siberia
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