A Rhyming History of Britain [new edn] - Hardcover

Muirden, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845295471 ISBN 13: 9781845295479

Publisher: Robinson Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

The Rhyming History of Britain Has never - heretofore - been written

'I am not a historian. In fact, I wrote this poem in order to teach myself some history. I thought that sorting facts into verse form would concentrate my mind wonderfully. Which it did.' Brought up with the iambic pentameters of Hilaire Belloc's Cautionary Verses ringing in his ears, James

Muirden's rhyming history is a long poem in an equally simple and jolly form. Charmingly irreverent, magically humorous, delightfully illustrated by David Eccles - recently acclaimed for his line drawings for Now We Are Sixty - this is the perfect gift for historians and non-historians alike.

This cheerful poem has been written

To tell the History of Britain;

For People puzzled by the Past -

If this means YOU, here's help at last!

From Celts to Churchill, it relates

(With all the most Important Dates)

Our country's convoluted course...

Why Richard hollered for a horse;

Why Eleanor was such a catch;

Why no one liked the Spanish Match;

The pros and cons of Laissez Faire;

Smart Georgian ladies' underwear;

Why Charles the Second went to plays;

Why Queen Jane reigned for just nine days;

The causes of the Irish trouble;

The bursting of the South Sea Bubble;

That giant glasshouse in Hyde Park;

The First World War's igniting spark...

About this title

Review:

Packed with fascinating facts, this is great fun. (Good Book Guide)

From the Publisher:

The author who picked up his pen
Goes by the name of James Muirden

He wrote Britain's history down in verse
To stop our memory getting worse

With pictures, wit and a lot of fun
There's something here for everyone

He even got the dates right too
(It's amazing what the man can do)

And so throughout our lovely land
We'll see the book in every hand

And the cry that you will hear go forth
From East to West and South to North

'A Rhyming History of Britain
Thank God it's finally been written!'

About this edition

• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845295471
• ISBN 13: 9781845295479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 225