Hold Ye Front Page: Hold Ye Front Page - 2000 Years of History on the Front Page of "The Sun" - Softcover

Roberts, Neil; Perry, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0723010811 ISBN 13: 9780723010814

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1999

Synopsis

An irreverent look at 2,000 years of history through the eyes of Britain’s biggest-selling newspaper

The tabloid Sun came into existence only on November 17 1969 – which means no less than 14.5 billion years of the Earth’s history went unrecorded in its pages. Hold Ye Front Page now rights that wrong – at least in part. It covers 2,000 years of history as though the paper were reporting on the momentuous events of the last two millennia the day after each happened.

50 key events get the full Sun front-page treatment. The birth of Christ (A Star is Born), the Roman Invasion (Send ‘Em Rome), the Norman Invasion (Stormin’ Normans), Henry VIII (The Joy of Six), The American Revolution (Yanked Apart) , the first airplane (All Wright on the Night), the rise of Hitler (Nazi Piece of Work) and many more. This is history as you have never seen it before.

Accompanying tables, charts and text provide the real historical background, however. There’s a serious purpose here, too. And there’s a full index to help you navigate round the book more easily.

Stuffed with pictures, humour, irreverence and just plain, umistakeable Sun-style magic (how about Jeremy Clarkson’s Woad Test of the Magna Cart Deluxe?), this is the perfect accompaniment to the Millennium!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The tabloid Sun came into existence only on November 17 1969 -- which means no less than 14.5 billion years of the Earth’s history went unrecorded in its pages. 'Hold Ye Front Page' now rights that wrong -- at least in part. It covers 2,000 years of history as though the paper were reporting on the momentuous events of the last two millennia the day after each happened.

50 key events get the full 'Sun' front-page treatment. The birth of Christ (A Star is Born), the Roman Invasion (Send ‘Em Rome), the Norman Invasion (Stormin’ Normans), Henry VIII (The Joy of Six), The American Revolution (Yanked Apart) , the first airplane (All Wright on the Night), the rise of Hitler (Nazi Piece of Work) and many more. This is history as you have never seen it before.

Accompanying tables, charts and text provide the real historical background, however. There’s a serious purpose here, too. And there’s a full index to help you navigate round the book more easily.

Stuffed with pictures, humour, irreverence and just plain, umistakeable 'Sun'-style magic (how about Jeremy Clarkson’s Woad Test of the Magna Cart Deluxe?), this is the perfect accompaniment to the Millennium!

About the Author:

John Perry and Neil Roberts are the chief sub-editors of the Sun. When not working on Hold Ye Front Page, they put together the front page of the Sun for real.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0723010811
• ISBN 13: 9780723010814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144