In Search Of England

In Search of England (2000) by Michael Wood – Penguin Books
Sold with appropriate disdain by Crappy Old Books.

In this rich and engaging journey through the heart and history of England, Michael Wood explores how a patchwork of kingdoms, myths, and manuscripts somehow conspired to become a nation. Based on his acclaimed BBC series, In Search of England blends archaeology, storytelling, and just the right amount of historical nerdery to dig beneath the surface of England’s green and not-so-pleasant land.

Wood doesn’t romanticise; he excavates – from Sutton Hoo to Alfred’s burials, from Bede to the Bayeux Tapestry – all with the wide-eyed enthusiasm of a historian who genuinely wants to know what it meant (and means) to be English.

This particular copy? Slightly sun-faded, dog-eared, and with just enough page-curl to suggest it’s been read in a damp tent somewhere near Offa’s Dyke. But hey – we’re Crappy Old Books. You weren’t expecting mint condition, were you?

Crappy Old Books – Because secondhand is more authentic.

Condition as new.

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