The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright, one of the Two Fat Ladies & author of Spilling the? Beans, ?takes us on a personal journey through the country of her birth. From Cornwall to Cumbria, Norfolk to Northumbria she brings her extraordinary knowledge, huge passion, forthright opinions & inimitable wit to the distinctive history & regional character of every corner of Engl&. In her cornucopia of local knowledge she reveals, for example, how Boudicca was the original Essex girl, that Lincolnshire has a coriander crop second only in size to India`s, & just why a Cornish pasty should never contain carrots. As much an entertaining narrative as it is a travel companion, Clarissa`s England will amuse, enlighten, surprise & delight all those who read it.