When tycoon Sir Jack Pitman tries to build a theme park representing historic England, matters go awry.
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A replica of Britain is created on the Isle of Wight, complete with Robin Hood, Princess Di and replays of the Battle of Britain. It is the idea of a millionaire to show tourists the real Britain, a land with a great past and no future. By the author of A History of the World in…
Booker Prize Finalist"Wickedly funny."--The New York TimesImagine an England where all the pubs are quaint,??where the Windsors behave themselves (mostly), where the cliffs of Dover are actually white, and where Robin Hood and his merry men really are merry.??This is precisely w…
When tycoon Sir Jack Pitman tries to build a theme park representing historic England, matters go awry.
A replica of Britain is created on the Isle of Wight, complete with Robin Hood, Princess Di and replays of the Battle of Britain. It is the idea of a millionaire to show tourists the real Britain, a land with a great past and no future. By the author of A History of the World in…