{"product_id":"9781473605008","title":"Thistle Versus Rose: 700 Years of Winding up the Scots","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is tremendously good fun winding up the Scots. It is terribly easy, particularly Scottish politicians. They can take things far too seriously.' \u003ci\u003eJeremy Paxman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It's 700 years since England fought Scotland at the Battle of Bannockburn. Miraculously - we still don't understand how - the Scots actually won. It's pretty much the only time they've ever beaten us at anything. So has there ever been a better opportunity to celebrate seven centuries of winding up the Scots?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Exploring everything from food, class, the empire and the weather to language, love and landscape, \u003ci\u003eThistle vs Rose\u003c\/i\u003e is a hilarious miscellany of Anglo-Scots rivalry. Introduced by bestselling popular historian Albert Jack, it features quotes, jokes and trivia from Stephen Fry, Bill Bryson, Jimmy Carr, George Mikes, Michael McIntyre and many, many others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e * published alongside Susan's Morrison's rival Ebook \u003cb\u003e700 YEARS OF WINDING UP THE ENGLISH\u003c\/b\u003e (9781473604933) *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Murray, John Publishers, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170739306736,"sku":"9781473605008","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781473605008_p0.jpg?v=1763602354","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781473605008","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}