1966 and All That - Hardcover

Craig Brown Illustrations By Ken Pyne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340897112 ISBN 13: 9780340897119

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005

Synopsis

An utterly brilliant follow-up to the humour classic, by Britain's funniest writer. 75 years on from the first publication of 1066 and All That, Craig Brown takes over where Sellars and Yeatman left off. With all the zest and exuberance of the original, 1966 and All That takes us on a half-remembered journey of imperial decline, loss of moustaches, The Sewers Crisis, angry young men, slightly cheesed-off young ladies, the onset of rock 'n' roll, the doomed romance of Princess Margaret and Pete Townshend, the decade of the Ironing Lady - and an unstoppable increase in the quantity of Royals. 1966 AND ALL THAT - all the modern history you can't remember, narrated in a way you can't begin to understand. There'll be an exam too, so please pay attention.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig Brown is the author of The Marsh Marlowe Letters, The Little Book of Chaos and The Hounding of John Thomas. His writings for Private Eye, the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Telegraph have won numerous awards. Craig Brown was recently named one of the 50 funniest people in Britain by The Observer and one of the 50 wisest people in Britain by Saga magazine. He was the only person to appear in both lists.

Review:

'Everybody agrees that Craig Brown is our greatest parodist, but his brilliance goes beyond that...' - Sunday Telegraph 'The wittiest writer in Britain today.' - Stephen Fry 'Craig Brown's humour will outlive his victims... His journalism is one of the compensations for being British now.' - David Sexton, Sunday Telegraph 'Outstanding, endlessly inventive and irresistible.' - Lynne Truss 'Brilliant' - Julie Birchill

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0340897112
• ISBN 13: 9780340897119
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Illustrator: Pyne Ken