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by Walter Carruthers Sellar · 1898–1951
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 is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England. Written by W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman and illustrated by John Reynolds, it first appeared serially in Punch magazine, and was published in book form by Methuen & Co. Ltd. in 1930. (This summary is from Wikipedia.)
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- Read time
- 98 min
- Words
- 21,621
- Chapters
- 244
- Paragraphs
- 841
- Price
- Free
- English wit and humor -- 20th century
- Great Britain -- History -- Humor
12.
12.
Would you say that Ethelread the Unready was directly responsible
Würden Sie sagen, dass Ethelred der Unentschlossene direkt
for the French Revolution?
für die Französische Revolution verantwortlich war?
If so, what would you say?
Wenn ja, was würden Sie sagen?
About the author
Walter Carruthers Sellar1898–1951
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #78124
- Licence
- Public domain in the United States
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