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English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable
English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable | Lacey Baldwin Smith
3 posts | 5 read | 5 to read
Here at last is a history of England that is designed to entertain as well as inform and that will delight the armchair traveler, the tourist or just about anyone interested in history. No people have engendered quite so much acclaim or earned so much censure as the English: extolled as the Athenians of modern times, yet hammered for their self-satisfaction and hypocrisy. But their history has been a spectacular one. The guiding principle of this books heretical approach is that history is not everything that happened, but what is worth remembering about the past.. . .. Thus, its chapters deal mainly with Memorable History in blocks of time over the centuries. The final chapter The Royal Soap Opera, recounts the achievements, personalities and idiocies of the royal family since the arrival of William the Conqueror in 1066. Spiced with dozens of hilarious cartoons from Punch and other publications, English History will be a welcome and amusing tour of a land that has always fascinated Anglophiles and Anglophobes alike.
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RamsFan1963
RamsFan1963
English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable | Lacey Baldwin Smith
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Mehso-so

Brief? Yes only about 9hrs long. Pleasurable? I guess so, the narrator's voice was pleasant, soothing without being dull. Irreverent? Not so much. If you're putting the word irreverent in your title, I'm expecting some humor, especially of the snarky variety. There was very little humor here, the history of England told in a straight forward, text-book manner. 3 💥💥💥 out of 5

CarolynM How disappointing! Have you read ?
[tagged book]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
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catebutler Shoot! From the title, I would have expected some snarky humour as well! 😕 5y
RamsFan1963 @CarolynM No I haven't read it, but I'm definitely going to stack it, sounds like a very funny book. 5y
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audraelizabeth Btw i left my notebook and tape dispenser on the furniture pad. If you could put them in the breakroom that would be great if you dont get to it no biggie. 5y
RamsFan1963 @audraelizabeth Sorry I didn't see your message until I got home from work. 5y
audraelizabeth No biggie. 5y
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NotCool
NotCool
English History Made Brief, Irreverent, and Pleasurable | Lacey Baldwin Smith
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A quick overview of a lot of English history, focusing on royalty. Most historically figures seemed very human. I was a little puzzled by the representation of Queen Elizabeth. I‘m not a historian, so grain of salt here, but if a bunch of sexist men write horrible things about a woman in power, like that she throws “tantrums” I wouldn‘t assume it‘s true. Especially when many of her male relatives were...tantrum prone.