Britannia in Brief

Our book, Britannia in Brief, was released today!

You can read the preface here. Over at Anglotopia.net you can leave a comment and enter their contest to win a free copy. Though it's kind of tooting our own horn, I'll paste our advance praise below. Toot.

Here's who I think will find our book useful: anyone who is dating or married to a British person, who is moving to the UK for work or pleasure, who works or hangs out with British people, who is just visiting the UK, who enjoys British "telly and film" but doesn't get a lot of the references, and also armchair Anglophiles.

So pick up a copy and tell your friends!

"Britannia in Brief is an indispensable guide. Better than Fromer's, shorter than the Encyclopedia Britannica, it is hilarious, clever, and spot-on. This book is perfect for every foreigner who wishes to talk local, and for every local who doesn't get out enough." --Amanda Foreman, author of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire

“A witty, irreverent crash course ‘101’ that all Anglophiles will love. Leslie Banker and William Mullins have bridged the great divide between two countries separated by a common language. A bloody good read!” --Anita Naughton, co-author of Tea & Sympathy.

"A brilliant guide to the highs and lows of British pop culture from Ascot to alcopops." --Nicky Perry, co-author of Tea & Sympathy and owner of Tea & Sympathy on Greenwich Avenue.

The amazon page for the book has an excerpt.