The country formerly known as Great Britain
Subtitle: writings 1989-2009
By: Ian Jack.
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780224087353
Subjects: Great Britain -- Civilization; Great Britain -- History; Great Britain -- Politics and government
Description: Takes us to a place of which there are only memories and ruins: the Great Britain that gave us the Industrial Revolution, a nation that led the world in feats of engineering, a Britain of empire, a place of vital cities, each with their own identity, a country whose residual presence can still be found in the strangest corners of the world.