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.