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Book Synopsis''If I could work my will,'' said Scrooge indignantly, ''Every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.''This year go carol-singing in the Cotswolds with Laurie Lee or attend church with a grumpy Samuel Pepys. Make plum puddings for bemused French villagers with Elizabeth David; go present shopping with Virginia Woolf or eat far too much with Agatha Christie. Celebrate Christmas at Chatsworth, in the workhouse or marooned in the ice with Shackleton ...
For forty-five years, the arrival of John Julius Norwich''s latest
Christmas Cracker became as essential a part of the Christmas experience as holly and mistletoe. In
An English Christmas the late legendary popular historian gathered all the best writing about this strangest and most memorable time of year into one book and his brilliant eye for a story is evident on every page.
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Trade ReviewIts contents are like those of a Christmas stocking, in that small nuggets jostle alongside much larger pieces * The Times *
A charming introduction that's almost worth the admission price alone * The Spectator *
