England Their England

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Review added by
David Shepherd

Authors:
AG Macdonell

Description:
What is says on the cover of the 1949 edition published by Pan:The story of Donald Cameron, returning home from the the First World War and setting out to write a book about the English, their curious habits and traditional customs.His odyssey through the eccentric by-ways takes him from the beer-and-cricket world of the 'London Weekly' to the weekend-country-house-party as a guest of the redoubtable Lady Ormerode.En route there are superb scenes of village life and international conferences as well as a description of village cricket that is well-established as immortal in the annals of English humour.