Glory and B*llocks
The Truth Behind Ten Defining Events in British History – And the Half-truths, Lies, Mistakes and What We Really Just Don’t Know About Brexit
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oneworld Publications
Published:2nd Dec '13
Should be back in stock very soon
From the Magna Carta to the Falklands, the years that have made Britain, for better and for worse
Discover the secret, intimate stories that animate the watershed events of British history, plus a new chapter on the defining event of twenty-first century Britain – Brexit!
Did the longbow secure victory at Agincourt or are the English just better in mud? Did Queen Elizabeth I know the Armada had capitulated when she delivered one of the most inspiring speeches in all history? Where did Wellington meet his Waterloo? Was the vote to leave the European Union Britain’s modern Peasants’ Revolt?
Colin Brown travels to the sites of some of the most significant events in British history to skewer inaccuracies embedded in popular parlance and reveal the truth behind the stories that make Britain great.
‘This is as much a travel book as history. Brown goes to significant sites… It’s in evoking such a strong sense of place that the book succeeds in conveying a sense of history.’
* Independent on Sunday *‘Spirited, entertaining and fascinatingly informative.’
* Daily Mail *‘David Cameron calls this “absolutely fascinating” and you can’t say fairer than that.’
* Daily Express *'Barely a page fails to yield some colourful historical nugget.' Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph on Whitehall 'Brown is a cheerful guide - full of anecdotes and observations.' The Guardian on Whitehall
- Short-listed for Total Politics Political History Book of the Year 2013 (UK)
ISBN: 9781851689927
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm
Weight: unknown
384 pages