Pros & Cons
Pros
This is succinct, amusing and thought provoking. Great book, completely engrossed throughout. A riveting read.
Cons
History forced into this mould is biased. Rather than giving us history, he gives us a never-ending opinionated rant.
Hawes throws any sense of judicious balance to the four winds. He is guilty throughout of selection bias and sometimes just plain misrepresentation.
Highlights
Quality
In my view a very good overview of english history ending with the current brexit situation
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As a scot ive always wondered wtf the english were on about with the northsouth thing
Competitiveness
A lively description of english history since roman times 1066 and all that which led to brexit
A great little book very well put together right up to brexit
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It’s just a pity the last chapter degenerates into an antibrexit rant predicting national disintegration
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The author really ought to have kept his personal politics out of the book
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But for me along with other readers theres a bit of crowbarring at the end around brexit
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Well never know who voted for what and why in the referendum
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And i think trying to generalise why half the nation voted a particular way is problematic at best
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It should be turned into a threepart tv series
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The graphics were a bit amateurish and could have been clearer