AND NOW ALL THIS: BY THE AUTHORS OF 1066 AND ALL THAT, BEING VOL. 1 OF THE HOLE POCKET TREASURY OF ABSOLUTELY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE.

by W.C. Sellar, R.J. Yeatman, Robert Julian Sellar, Waletr Carruthers; Yeatman

Book Overview

A sequel to the humorous "1066 And All That", by two prominent pre-war contributors to "Punch". Here they turn their wayward pens to geography, knitting, ornithology and other aspects of knowledge. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000O9K7DC
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Methuen
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.

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.