Description
About the Author
Jonathan Duke-Evans received his doctorate in history from Oxford University in 1981 with a thesis on radical political theory and practice in the early 18th century. He made his career in the Civil Service, working in the Home Office, the Cabinet Office, and the Ministry of Defence. He was awarded a Harkness Fellowship in 1989, taking a Master's degree at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. This is his first book.
Reviews
what Duke-Evans shows with an impressive mass of evidence is that ... 'fair play' really has had a unique influence on how Britons think of themselves * Sam Leith, Sunday Times *
a pleasant surprise ... ambitious and wide-ranging * Robert Tombs, The Daily Telegraph *
Rigorous and personable, fluently navigating potentially dry or finicky subject matter * Henry Hitchings, The Times *
An original, scholarly and extremely readable history of what is often regarded, by the English anyway, as an essential attribute of their national character * Sir Keith Thomas, author ofReligion and the Decline of Magic *
The book is leavened throughout with the lightness of touch and wry humour of an escaped academic and career civil servant; it succeeds in every respect. * Patrick Nash, Catholic Herald *
Book Information
ISBN 9780192859990
Author Jonathan Duke-Evans
Format Hardback
Page Count 464
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 241mm * 161mm * 40mm