A School in England: The History of Repton is the last book by the respected historian and Old Reptonian Hugh Brogan. This final masterwork is the fruit of twenty-five years’ research, completed shortly before Brogan’s death in 2019, using hitherto untapped sources (such as the Fisher family papers) and delivered with his trademark acid wit and astute observation.
Here is a clear and invaluable account of how Repton evolved from grammar school to major public school, acquiring a national reputation and sending out boys across the globe in quest of fortune or adventure, as well as producing such sporting greats as C. B. Fry, Harold Abrahams and ‘Bunny’ Austin.
Woven through with strands of drama, humour and pathos, A School in England is the first scholarly history of Repton for many years and the first by an award-winning historian.
About the author
Hugh Brogan (1936-2019) was emeritus professor of history at the University of Essex. He was widely acknowledged to be one of the UK’s foremost experts on American history and wrote several major works in this field including
The Penguin History of the United States of America and
Kennedy, an acclaimed biography of President John F Kennedy.
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