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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Brilliant reminder of our history This should be compulsory reading for schools - a brilliant reminder of our history preesented in a light hearted, easy to read way. Nothing like '1066- and all that' as one reviewer has stated much more subtle humour than that. I don't see that it is a totally 'impartial' history but leans a little to the authors politics. However, this never gets in the way of a good read.
So-so O'Farrell sets out to provide a readable version of British history, which he largely succeeds in. However, the book is let down by a number of factors - the history of Wales and Scotland are largely ignored except where they interact with that of England; and the "humour" gets a bit boring and predictable after a while. It is also difficult to tell in places what is joke and what is fact. Some areas of history which are open to interpretation are also presented in a way which makes it appear that not only... more info
Very funny as well as interesting If you like Blackadder-like humor then this book is perfect for you. It covers the entire history of England and is very easy to read. Whether everything stated in this book is factually correct I don't know, but it's a good laugh nonetheless.
Irony & Sarcasm at its best... It is obvious that judging by the book title this isn't going to be on the reading list of a history course at university, and that is why I bought it, and thrice more as gifts! I am surprised at all those who were surprised that it wasn't a completely serious book (hence the title), what on earth did they expect? For a very broad overview of Britain's history this book does the job. It is in short easy to read sections with humour on (almost) every page, with some bowel bursting funny bits. So if you... more info
