Stiff Upper Lip

Stiff Upper Lip
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Publisher : Hachette UK
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9781474600552
ISBN-13 : 1474600557
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Book Synopsis Stiff Upper Lip by : Alex Renton

Download or read book Stiff Upper Lip written by Alex Renton and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A brave and necessary book' GUARDIAN 'Shocking, gripping and sobering' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH No other society sends its young boys and girls away to school to prepare them for a role in the ruling class. Beating, bullying, fagging, cold baths, vile food and paedophile teachers are just some of the features of this elite education, and, while some children loved boarding school, others now admit to suffering life-altering psychological damage. Stiff Upper Lip exposes the hypocrisy, cronyism and conspiracy that are key to understanding the scandals over abuse and neglect in institutions all over the world. Award-winning investigative journalist Alex Renton went to three traditional boarding schools. Drawing on those experiences, and the vivid testimony of hundreds of former pupils, he has put together a compelling history, important to anyone wondering what shaped the people who run Britain in the twenty-first century.


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