The Christmas Reader

Smith, Godfrey

Children's Books

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Caviare: A novel

Literature & Fiction

Hodder and Stoughton

Coward, McCann, Geoghegan

1000 makers of the twentieth century

David and Charles

The English companion: An idiosyncratic A-Z of England and Englishness

M. Joseph [distributor]

The Laboratory, or, School of Arts: Containing a Large Collection of Valuable Secrets, Experiments, and Manual Operations in Arts and Manufactures: 1

History

Legare Street Press

Godfrey Smith takes us on an expert guided tour through the grand old perennials of the traditional season - the restrained excitement of Wimbledon; picturesque Henley; people-watching at Ascot; and the long summer days at Lord's. We also visit the more cerebral circuit, encompassing Glyndebourne with its unique combination of music and outdoor scenery; the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition; the Proms, and the breathtaking array of the finest horticulture at the Chelsea Flower Show. We experience the magical atmosphere of an Oxford Commen Ball, mixing youth, moonlight, music and champagne. The more sedate Buckingham Palace Garden Party is an essential inclusion as are hunting, shooting and fishing. Each event has a short appendix explaining how to get there are how to get in; and explores some of the threads that run right through this quintessentially English form of inspired folly; champagne, money and the season, and finally a short meditation on just how cheaply you can do it if you know how. Contrary to popular opinion, most events in it are quite inexpensive while some of them are free. This book, sponsored by Veuve Clicquot champagne, is a companion through the year and an insider's guide. Above all it is a celebration of English traditions and our ability to have fun.

The English Season

Europe

Pavilion Books Ltd.

The English Companion: An Idiosyncratic A-Z of England and Englishness

Pavilion Books

TRAFALGAR SQUARE +

In this witty and stylish companion to Englishness Sunday Times columnist Godfrey Smith takes us on a leisurely but perceptive tour of all that he holds dear in England and the English. It is very much an informal ramble, as if in the company of an old friend. He treats us to a display of sparkling and knowledgeable comments on our national life from Churchill to Pubs, Elgar to Rugby, Bertie Wooster to George Orwell, British Beef to the National Lottery and from Fish and Chips to Evelyn Waugh. 'A most entertaining book' - Kingsley Amis 'A mixture of eccentricity and scholarship, highly entertaining' - A.J.P. Taylor 'Godfrey Smith writes beautiful pithy English, he venerates the beauties of English towns and countryside, luxuriates in English freedoms, cherishes the riches of English civilisation, loves his country'. - John Keegan

The English Companion

PARKWEST PUBLICATIONS

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Smith, Godfrey. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Smith, Godfrey