A witty and detailed map of Oxbridge, presented through an encyclopaedic treasure trove of facts, figures, and anecdotes.
"If Oxford were not the finest thing in England," wrote Henry James, "the case would be clearer for Cambridge." No other private institutions have had a greater impact on England'sand, at times, worldhistory, yet in different ways. Oxford has spawned more prime ministers, Cambridge more Nobel laureates. In Oxford,...