1066 And All That: A Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings, and 2 Genuine Dates

By W.C. Sellar, R.J. Yeatman, Robert Julian Sellar, Waletr Carruthers; Yeatman, et al.

Book Overview

"All the History You can Remember," say the authors, "is in this book"; and the result is an uproarious satire upon textbook history and our confused recollections of it "forty years on" - an historical harlequinade in which nonsense plays lead, and "howlers," jests, and jibes tumble over each other from title to "finis." The illustrations by John Reynolds are ludicrously apt.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 0965058921
• ISBN13: 9780965058926
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club
• Length: 115 Pages

Customer Reviews

Liked "1066"? You'll Like "This".

This sort-of-a-sequel to "1066 And All That" is more of the same, and since the first book was a brilliant assault on all things serious, you get more puns, absurdities and satiric riffs on academe and its stupidities. Not limited to history this time, the boys go after child-rearing, food... well, everything. It's all very silly, and gloriously so. In short: If this is the kind of thing you like, you'll like this.

And Now All This

Anyone blessed with a sense of the absurd, a love of words and/or a disdain for pomposity stands a good chance of enjoying this gloriously silly book. All the more so if you enjoyed '1066 And All That' by the same authors - especially if, like me, you were frustrated by your lack of background in English history; no such information is required here. It does help if you spent 12 years of schooling staring constructively into space, though.