{"product_id":"9781446448090","title":"The Country Formerly Known as Great Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this selection from over twenty years of reporting and writing, Ian Jack sets out to deal with contemporary Britain - from national disasters to football matches to obesity - but is always drawn back in time, vexed by the question of what came first. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 'Women and Children First', watching the film \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e leads into an investigation into the legend of Wallace Henry Hartley, the famous band leader of the doomed liner, while 'The 12.10 to Leeds', a magnificent report on the Hatfield rail crash, begins its hunt for clues in the eighteenth century in the search for those responsible. Further afield, he finds vestiges of a vanished Britain in the Indian subcontinent, meeting characters like maverick English missionary and linguist William Carey, credited with importing India's first steam engine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of the style, knowledge and intimacy that makes his work so special, this collection is the perfect introduction to the work of one of the country's finest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143116538096,"sku":"9781446448090","price":14.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781446448090_p0.jpg?v=1763824932","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781446448090","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}