title: England Is Mine: Pop Life in Albion from Wilde to Goldie
author:  Michael Bracewell 
description: The critics raved: 'Incoming! Another cultural guru!! England Is Mine will enter the bloodstream.' Time Out; 'A weighty pan-cultural blockbuster! the extraordinary depth of Bracewell's erudition is matched by a lively sense of mischief.' Independent on Sunday; 'A shrewdly argued and delightfully written account of the English pop psyche.' Financial Times; 'intoxicated and intoxicating' Greil Marcus, W
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  The Golden Ball  
  
  
  and Other Stories
  
  
  
  
  
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  [Cover](kindle:embed:0003?mime=image/jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](part0000.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  1 [The Listerdale Mystery](part0002.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  2 [The Girl in the Train](part0003.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  3 [The Manhood of Edward Robinson](part0004.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  4 [Jane in Search of a Job](part0005.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  5 [A Fruitful Sunday](part0006.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  6 [The Golden Ball](part0007.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  7 [The Rajah’s Emerald](part0008.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  8 [Swan Song](part0009.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  9 [The Hound of Death](part0010.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  10 [The Gipsy](part0011.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  11 [The Lamp](part0012.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  12 [The Strange Case of Sir Andrew Carmichael](part0013.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  13 [The Call of Wings](part0014.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  14 [Magnolia Blossom](part0015.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  15 [Next to a Dog](part0016.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [About the Author](part0017.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Agatha Christie Collection](part0018.html)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Related Products](part0019.html)
  
  