{"product_id":"the-british-abroad-by-peter-dench","title":"The British Abroad By Peter Dench","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\" data-csa-c-id=\"hdrk1k-5fgoja-664bk9-pd0rlp\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is brand new -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qowt-stl-Body\" id=\"E52\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E53\"\u003eThe British have travelled to foreign lands for many centuries. They\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E54\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E56\"\u003eve\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E58\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egone abroad for trade, for science and, most of all, for conquest. Some historians believe the only countries never to have been invaded by the British are Uruguay and Laos. Thriller writer Tom Knox once wrote:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E59\"\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E60\"\u003eIf only they\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E61\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E62\"\u003ed stayed sober, given the chance the British would probably have invaded the moon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E63\"\u003e”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"qowt-stl-Body\" id=\"E65\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E66\"\u003eThese days the British are less militaristic, but still just as keen on abroad. So why do Brits like to be elsewhere? Is it the get-me-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E68\"\u003eoutta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E70\"\u003e-here British winter? Is it the waters that surround our island, enabling exploration and reminding us that adventure\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E72\"\u003eawaits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E74\"\u003e? Perhaps it is the irresistible proximity of cheaper countries with superior ice cream? Whatever the answer, the urge felt by British youth to escape has never been documented better than here, in Peter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E76\"\u003eDench\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan id=\"E78\"\u003e’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"qowt-font2-TimesNewRoman\" id=\"E79\"\u003es piercing, comedic, acute and heroically revealing photo-portrait of one nation, slowly turning pink under a foreign sun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback: 2014\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAmazon price at time of listing £25.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shop from Crisis Online","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56748388057471,"sku":"H00067","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/4714\/5406\/files\/PD-BA-RENDER.jpg?v=1768322700","url":"https:\/\/shopfromcrisis.org.uk\/products\/the-british-abroad-by-peter-dench","provider":"Shop from Crisis Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}