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Loading... 1066 and All Thatby Walther C. Sellar
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. quillmenow | May 28, 2009 |   "A memorable history of England, comprising all the parts you can remember, including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates." pinkozcat | Mar 24, 2009 |  I'd heard many wonderful things about this book and how funny it was but I didn't find it funny at all. Just a lot of bad puns. I didn't laugh even ONCE. Richard Armour fans would like it though. (  )meggyweg | Mar 6, 2009 | I read this book the first time when I was in my early teens and although then I did not understand all the humour, I did enjoy most of it. I have just bought and read the 75th Anniversary edition and enjoyed it even more. It also has now been well illustrated with comic drawings. I would recommend this book to anyone with an interest and knowledge of British history and who enjoys a laugh at ourselves. (  )kingsstaff | Feb 26, 2009 | My folks first got me a copy while i was in HS in the early 60s. I found its fractured but memorable history of Britain (and therefore, really, of the world..) wonderful then and have kept a copy on hand ever since. B&N has a reprint edition w/ the original illustrations, should that matter to any readers. This book remains a great consolation and FAR outshines similar attempts at humorous history (ie Will Cuppy's The Decline and Fall..). "Has it never occurred to you the the Romans counted backwards? - be honest" ( )bobmcconnaughey | Sep 28, 2008 | 2  0.073 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0750917164, Paperback)A comic satire upon textbook history squeezing in all the history you can remember from the Olden Days and dashing Queen Woadicea to the reigns of the Eggkings (Eggberd, Eggbreth and Eggforth, and their mysterious Eggdeath), from the dreadful story of Stephen and his aunt Matilda to the Magna Charter, from the six burglars of Calais to the disillusion of the monasteries and the life of Broody Mary, from William and Mary, when England was ruled by an orange, to the Boston Tea-Party and the annoying confusion between Napoleon and Nelson, to the Peace to end all Peace. This light-hearted look at England and history provides a colorful commentary for all those with a curiosity for the past.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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It was not. I did not laugh. Not once.
Worth reading, just not great. It dashed my hopes, scattering them to the wind. (