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1066 and All That

Authors: W.c. Sellar, R.j. Yeatman
Publisher: Methuen
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

17 reviews
Sales Rank: 16543

Media: Paperback
Edition: A Memorable History of England
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 123
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.4

ISBN: 0413772705
Dewey Decimal Number: 370
EAN: 9780413772701
ASIN: 0413772705

Publication Date: September 24, 1998
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Also Available In:

•	Paperback - 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England
•	Hardcover - 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England (Methuen Centenary Editions)
•	Hardcover - 1066: "1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England", "And Now All This", "Horse Nonsense", "Garden Rubbish"
•	Hardcover - 1066 And All That: The History Book to End All History Books (Methuen Humour)
•	Audio Cassette - 1066 and All That (Reed Audio)
•	Paperback - 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
•	Paperback - 1066 and all that
•	Hardcover - 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England (Literature/Arts)
•	Hardcover - 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England (ISIS Large Print)
•	Paperback - 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England

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Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

1065 or what? March 6, 2008
I love this play. I acted it out in 1972 and loved it at Eggars Grammar School, Alton ,Hampshire.
Miss Burt I thank you. You were my inspiration1

5 out of 5 stars

Great Historical Humour February 9, 2008
The precursor to the Horrible History series, '1066' has long been a classic. There's nothing much I can add to the other reviews - it's a funny history book.

Oh, and to the person who described it as a bad history book and "wildly inaccurate": You, sir, are an idiot.

5 out of 5 stars

Noel and Ellen's Inspiration December 12, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Noel happily made reference to "1066 and All That" on the fly-leaf of his own title. Ellen had never heard of it, and wanted to know why anyone-else would have, either. "It's a classic of the British hunour genre", said Noel. "It's the genre's 'Top Book'! Any British humour writer, with leanings towards history would give Harold II's eye-teeth to be compared with it!" And then it turns out to be its 75th anniversary, and everyone wants to parody it (2066 and All That, 1966 and All That, etc) and be compared with it. Too spooky! Don't you think?

5 out of 5 stars

Absolutely Hilarious November 22, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book is one of the top comedy books in the world ever and must be read immediately by anyone needing serious cheering up, anyone interested in history, and anyone who needs a good laugh.
The book takes the form of an abridged jaunt through the history of Britain from 1066. It is set out as a school text book, and at the end of every chapter is an exam. The exams for me are the absolute highlight of the book, parodying so well, the exact stupidity of exam questions and the ridiculous language in which they are written.
The theory of the book is that this is history as it is remembered by adults from what they learned as a child, so do not expect to actually gain any historical knowledge from this book at all, and if you've never studied history, then you probably won't find it funny, because it is the school boy errors in this which make it such a delight. My particular favourite is the migration of the Venerable Bede to the Venomous Bead, which makes him sound so much more exciting than he actually is.
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

5 out of 5 stars

MUCH IMITATED BUT NEVER EQUALLED November 14, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This extremely funny book shakes up the learning by rote of English history leaving the pieces scattered over an English landscape richer and more implausible with ever twist and turn of the Author`s imaginations. A must read for anyone looking for comic relief from the dead hand of history.

Mick Drake author of the comic novel All`s Well at Wellwithoute