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Description for Dossier
Paperback. How to Survive the English Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 162.
In this robust, insightful and hitherto only privately available handbook, Parisian wife and mother Hortense de Monplaisir shares with us the secrets of her survival amongst the English. Exiled to London for the sake of her husband's career, pioneer Hortense delves into the many aspects of la perfide Albion that have long puzzled its closest neighbour and oldest enemy. No one and nothing is safe from Hortense's penetrating eye as she discusses a diverse range of topics from the inability of the English to speak their mind, their bizarre love of rituals such as the stag party and the country ... Read more
In this robust, insightful and hitherto only privately available handbook, Parisian wife and mother Hortense de Monplaisir shares with us the secrets of her survival amongst the English. Exiled to London for the sake of her husband's career, pioneer Hortense delves into the many aspects of la perfide Albion that have long puzzled its closest neighbour and oldest enemy. No one and nothing is safe from Hortense's penetrating eye as she discusses a diverse range of topics from the inability of the English to speak their mind, their bizarre love of rituals such as the stag party and the country ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Hodder Paperbacks
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719568473
SKU
KNW0010254
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Ref
99-1
About Sarah Long
Essex-born Sarah Long read English at Oxford and worked in publishing until moving to Paris where she lived for ten years, working as a writer and translator. She is the author of two novels, And What Do You Do?, based on her experiences in Paris, and The Next Best Thing. Married with three children, she now lives in London. She ... Read more
Reviews for Dossier
Keep this by the bedside, so that if renovating a French chateau ever seems like a remotely appealing prospect, youll have the necessary antidote
Laura Tennant, First Post
An affectionate tongue-in-cheek picture of her English neighbours
Good Book Guide
'Hilarious'
Good Book Guide
'I loved this book...a clever concoction of humour'
Shropshire Star ... Read more
Laura Tennant, First Post
An affectionate tongue-in-cheek picture of her English neighbours
Good Book Guide
'Hilarious'
Good Book Guide
'I loved this book...a clever concoction of humour'
Shropshire Star ... Read more