Description
Product ID: | 9780091906313 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Great British Wit |
Authors: | Author: Rosemarie Jarski |
Page Count: | 464 |
Subjects: | Quotations, proverbs and sayings, Dictionaries of quotations, Humour collections and anthologies, Humour collections & anthologies, England |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Thematically covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs, this work is a seminal gathering of British wit. Among others, featured in it are George Mikes Jane Austen, Pam Ayres, Alan Bennett, Jeffrey Bernard, John Betjeman, Jo Brand, Craig Brown, Winston Churchill, Alan Clark, Jeremy Clarkson, Billy Connolly, and Peter Cook. There''s nothing much left to feel good about these days if you''re British, but one of the few things where we all agree that we''re still a world leader is our defining sense of humour. Thematically covering every subject imaginable, from God to dogs, this collection is the seminal gathering of our national wit and a picture of who we are as a nation - a monument to our monumental silliness. |
Imprint Name: | Ebury Press |
Publisher Name: | Ebury Publishing |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2005-11-03 |