Publisher's Synopsis
Drawing on fiction, memoirs, autobiography, poetry and letters, this anthology presents an engrossing selection of attitudes to schools and schooling, from the 16th century to the present day.;Placing schooldays classics by Angela Brazil, Frank Richards and Richmal Crompton alongside memoirs by Winston Churchill, George Orwell, Iona Opie and many others, this book will strike a chord with every pupil, past or present, in revealing the glories and defects of a British education.
