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Reading Group Competition: The Face of Britain

In September Penguin will publish The Face of Britain: the Nation Through Its Portraits by prize winning historian and author Simon Schama.

To celebrate the publication of this landmark book, which will tie in with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London, we are offering one lucky reading group the chance to win 10 copies of the book and afternoon tea at the National Portrait Gallery before visiting the exhibition.

To be in with a chance of winning this brilliant prize, all you have to do is answer the following question in 100 words or less: What is your favourite portrait and why?

Please enter by 6 September by logging in and completing the survey below.

Please note:
The publisher is able to contribute to the groups’ travel costs.

The Face of Britain

The book is a tour de force about British portraits over the centuries in which the image-maker, the subject and everyone else looking on are brought unforgettably to life. With unforgettable storytelling and beautifully illustrated, The Face of Britain will change the way we see our past – and ourselves.

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