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A History of Harrow School 1324-1991 (Hardcover)

by Christopher Tyerman (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 632 pages
  • Publisher: OUP Oxford (26 Oct 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0198227965
  • ISBN-13: 978-0198227960
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.2 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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"Merits a readership well beyond Old Harrovian circles"

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Fine study ... despite Dr Tyerman's strong Harrovian connections, he has written a genuinely detached account of his old school which corrects previous pious assumptions and judgements ... This sympathetic and scholarly study is more than just an institutional biography of a famous school ... The governors' trust in their appointed historian has been amply rewarded. (English Historical Review )

Merits a readership well beyond Old Harrovian circles. (History )

Well-written and extensively researched ... a book of far greater importance than its title suggests ... A pleasure to read (HISTORY )

Monumental ... a scrupulous work, engagingly written. (Charles Sprawson, Spectator )

The value of this distinguished and scholarly work is enhanced by exceptionally full footnotes and an excellent bibliography. (J.H.C. Leach, Times Literary Supplement )

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5.0 out of 5 stars A thought-provoking and enjoyable history, 1 May 2001
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This is a scholarly and impartial history of a public school. It is also a great read, vividly representing the men (they were and are always men) involved in running it. His treatment of Vaughan, Montagu Butler and the other eccentric Victorian giants of the school is particularly brilliant. Tyerman gently mocks the people who sentimentalise Harrow by showing how short their memories are, and how the reforms that the traditionalists fought to prevent are staunchly defended by their successors fifty years later. He shows a school which is always reinventing itself, mostly following Eton and fashion, but later trying to keep hold of an antiquated conservative ideal, and trying to balance this with the need to attract pupils. Scholarly, thought-provoking and enjoyable.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, no-holds-barred view of public school as it was., 7 Dec 2000
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This is a most honest analysis of public school life as it really was. Tyerman is in no way nostalgic, nor does he try to restore any love that may have been lost between Harrow School and the general public. His scholarly account of fraudulence, 'wife-swopping', social incapability and sexual promiscuity is well researched. One asks oneself why the governers commissioned such a book. Truth is stranger than fiction!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read, 5 Dec 2000
A good book with a great topic. Not going into too much detail even though it is 600 pages long, it is a light cover-story.
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