In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to
move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill
Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of
valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long
been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public
face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely
it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite;
a military hero whose dying wish was to be kissed by a fellow named
Hardy; place names like Farleigh Wallop, Titsey and Shellow
Bowells; people who said 'Mustn't grumble', and 'Ooh lovely' at the
sight of a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits; and Gardeners'
Question Time. Notes from a Small Island was a huge number-one
bestseller when it was first published, and has become the nation's
most loved book about Britain, going on to sell over two million
copies.
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