50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

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Publisher's Synopsis

From the Sunday Times bestselling author

Which fifty people made Britain the wreck she is? From ludicrous propagandist Alastair Campbell to the Luftwaffe's allies, the modernist architects, it's time to name the guilty.

Quentin Letts sharpens his nib and stabs them where they deserve it, from TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh, the dumbed-down buffoon who put the 'h' in Aspidistra, to the perpetrators of the 'Credit Crunch'.

Margaret Thatcher ruptured our national unity. The creators of EastEnders trashed our brand over high tea. Thus, he argues, are the people who made our country the ugly, scheming, cheating, beer-ridden bum of the Western world. Here are the fools and knaves and vulgarians who ripped down our British glories and imposed the tawdry and the trite. In a half century we have gone from end-of-Empire to descent-into-Hell.

About the Publisher

Constable

Recently acquired by Little, Brown Book Group, Constable publishes a diverse range of bestselling fiction and non-fiction titles. Notable is Constable's superb crime list, with MC Beaton at the forefront of the beloved 'cosy crime' genre with her bestselling Hamish McBeth and Agatha Raisin series. Constable also boasts a strong non-fiction section, publishing the likes of HRH Princess Michael of Kent and bestselling parody We're Going on a Bar Hunt.

Book information

ISBN: 9781849011273
Publisher: Little, Brown
Imprint: Constable
Pub date:
Edition: New Edition
DEWEY: 941.0099
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 277
Weight: 206g
Height: 197mm
Width: 132mm
Spine width: 19mm