Name: Looking for Class
ISBN: 9780060527037

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Who It's For

Good for readers interested in humorous accounts of life at Oxford and CambridgeReaders curious about the British upper class and its social traditions

Book Details

Authors: Bruce Feiler
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: June 3, 2003
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Victorian Britain (1837-1901) · 21st-Century Britain
Reading lane: Victorian Britain (1837-1901)

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Biography & Memoir
Lives in History
Military Lives
Higher Education

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Scottish History
Military Strategy
Studying History

About This Book

An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge -- the garden parties and formal balls, the high-minded debates and drinking Olympics. From rowing in an exclusive regatta to learning lessons in love from a Rhodes Scholar, Bruce Feiler's enlightening, eye-popping adventure will forever change your view of the British...

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An irresistible, entertaining peek into the privileged realm of Wordsworth and Wodehouse, Chelsea Clinton and Hugh Grant, Looking for Class offers a hilarious account of one man's year at Oxford and Cambridge -- the garden parties and formal balls, the high-minded debates and drinking Olympics. From rowing in an exclusive regatta to learning lessons in love from a Rhodes Scholar, Bruce Feiler's enlightening, eye-popping adventure will forever change your view of the British upper class, a world romanticized but rarely seen.