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Bloody Foreigners

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Little, Brown Book Group, 4. 11. 2010 - Počet stran: 560
Immigration is one of the most important stories of modern British life, yet it has been happening since Caesar first landed in 53 BC. Ever since the first Roman, Saxon, Jute and Dane leaped off a boat we have been a mongrel nation. Our roots are a tangled web. From Huguenot weavers fleeing French Catholic persecution in the 18th century to South African dentists to Indian shopkeepers; from Jews in York in the 12th century (who had to wear a yellow star to distinguish them and who were shamefully expelled by Edward I in 1272) to the Jamaican who came on board the Windrush in 1947. The first Indian MP was elected in 1892, Walter Tull, the first black football player played (for Spurs and Northampton) before WW1 (and died heroically fighting for the allies in the last months of the war); in 1768 there were 20,000 black people in London (out of a population of 600,000 - a similar percentage to today). The 19th century brought huge numbers of Italians, Irish, Jews (from Russia and Poland mainly), Germans and Poles. This book draws all their stories together in a compelling narrative.

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Review: Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain

Recenze od uživatele  - Bettie - Goodreads

St Peter's and St Paul's Parish Church, Lavenham, book sale. Dedication: To Hermione, Luke and Kit Opening: The very first immigrant to arrive in the British Isles, some 25,000 years ago, would have ... Přečíst celou recenzi

Review: Bloody Foreigners: The Story of Immigration to Britain

Recenze od uživatele  - Jane Walker - Goodreads

There are two books in this volume which should, I feel, have been kept separate. The history of immigration into Britain is excellent, packed with detail which is seldom mentioned. But then Winder ... Přečíst celou recenzi

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Robert Winder was literary editor of the INDEPENDENT for five years and deputy editor of Granta magazine. He has written two novels and the bestselling Abacus non-fiction title BLOODY FOREIGNERS.

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