A review by lyndsaybh
England, Their England by A.G. Macdonell

2.0

The very gentlest of satire - in fact it's really just a fawning, book-length love letter to the English. It's interesting as a time capsule of a period and place that no longer exists (and includes the racism and sexism from that time), but I didn't enjoy it as much as I expected. The first chapter (which is set in France in WW1) is excellent, genuine satire and I only wish it carried on in this vein. I do think the English would enjoy this more than I did, particularly those with a sense of pride and nostalgia for a lost Olde England.