Thistle Versus Rose
‘Ask a Scotsman for directions and he’ll tell you which way to go. Ask an Englishman and he’ll try to sell you a map.’ Anon
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It’s 700 years since the Scots thrashed the English at Bannockburn. Has there ever been a better opportunity to celebrate seven centuries of winding up the English?
Exploring everything from money, diet, war and weather to language, love and landscape, Thistle vs Rose is a hilarious miscellany of Anglo-Scots rivalry. Introduced by Susan Morrison, it features quotes, jokes and trivia from Robert Burns, Billy Connolly, Frankie Boyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel Johnson and many, many others.
* published alongside Albert Jack’s rival Ebook 700 YEARS OF WINDING UP THE SCOTS (9781473605008)*
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It’s 700 years since the Scots thrashed the English at Bannockburn. Has there ever been a better opportunity to celebrate seven centuries of winding up the English?
Exploring everything from money, diet, war and weather to language, love and landscape, Thistle vs Rose is a hilarious miscellany of Anglo-Scots rivalry. Introduced by Susan Morrison, it features quotes, jokes and trivia from Robert Burns, Billy Connolly, Frankie Boyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel Johnson and many, many others.
* published alongside Albert Jack’s rival Ebook 700 YEARS OF WINDING UP THE SCOTS (9781473605008)*
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