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
W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman
One of the best-selling, best-loved humour titles of all time
"Canute began by being a Bad King on the advice of his Courtiers, who informed him (owing to a misunderstanding of the Rule Britannia) that the King of England was entitled to sit on the sea without getting wet." 1066 and All That is a book that has itself become part of our history. The authors made the claim that "All the History you can remember is in the Book" - and, for most of us, they were probably right. But it is their own unique interpretation of events that has made the book a classic; an uproarious satire on textbook history and our confused recollections of it. "Possibly the best thing of its kind ever done. Indeed the only thing of its precise kind. . . Quotation is hopeless: every sentence clamours for it" (Observer)
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About W.C. Sellar and R.J. Yeatman W C Sellar was born in Sutherland and educated at Fettes, near Edinburgh. R J Yeatman was born in Oporto, where his father was a wine merchant (the family is still connected with Taylor's Port). They met at Oriel College, Oxford after the First World War and began publishing through Punch. Along with 1066 And All That, which is 'one of the permanent treasures of Eng. Lit. as Entertainment' (Frank Muir), their other books were And Now All This, Horse Nonsense (mainly by Yeatman - Sellar disliked horses) and Garden Rubbish (mainly by Sellar - Yeatman loathed gardening).
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