50 People Who Buggered Up Britain

Paperback Published on: 10/09/2009
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50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
Quentin Letts Rip
This spirited counterblast from the bowels of Middle England will make many a Guardian reader choke on their decaffeinated prune juice come Christmas Day. ... READ MORE
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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.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
  • ISBN: 9781849011273
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 14 mm
  • Weight: 200g
  • Languages: English

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50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
Words cannot concieve a title for this review
A well-intended gift I quickly had my doubts about this book through my ignorance of not knowing who Quentin Letts was. I'll grant Letts some credit that i... READ MORE
Ben Holihead
50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
As pertinent today's despoilers as it was in 2009
What a tonic! I picked up this book in charity shop - sorry, Mr Letts, no royalties this time. But I see you have several other titles on offer, which I wi... READ MORE
Jayne Southern