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HardCover. Pub Date: April. 2003 Pages: 207 Publisher: Random House In Shakespeare's Henry V the French lords quail no Thought of itish soldiers. Who eat like wolves and fight like devils after 'great meals of Beef'. Two CENTURIES Later . eighteenth-century England rings to boisterous renderings of 'The Roast Beef of Old England' and loud cries of 'Beef and Liberty'. And even today. in the Telegraph in June 2002. a farmer blames the French defeat in the World Cup on their ban on itish beef. Eating meat rich with blood recalls ancient beliefs that it endows power. life and passion. It is a manly food. fit for fighting men: in the Napoleonic wars the itish navy gave its sailors a staggering 208 pounds of beef a year. But why are so many beefy images linked to itish 'freedom'. In this sparkling. provocative book Ben Rogers follows a linked set of icons - roast beef and John Bul...
