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Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody - Will Cuppy

Description: ISBN 075093204X / Author: Will Cuppy / Genre: History / Pokes fun at characters from history.

Newest Review: ... you shouldn't really pay much notice. I would find it impossible to write an extensive and illuminative opinion without ... more

... leaving at least some quotes from the book, so here are a few of the histo-comical highlights from his work: SOME FAVOURITES: On Henry VIII: "He has been much criticized for beheading two of his wives. (He beheaded only two out of six, or thirty-three and a third percent. That's not a bad average, considering)." On The Emperor Nero: "...he cut his throat on June 9, AD68, the anniversary of his first wife's murder. Well, none of us are perfect". On Grand Duke Peter: "Peter was ...more

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Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody - Will Cuppy: Humouring "The Greats" (819 words)
by Going To California - written on 23.01.01 (Very useful, 69 readings)
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Historians are, stereotypically at least, no-nonsense sorts who enjoy their profession with little extravagance and humour, but with plenty of seriousness. It is an image we have all been raised on; the ancient school master dusting his biographies of the Imperial Roman forefathers over an open fire-side at Oxford's premier college. Thankfully, for the sake of enthusiasts as well as for the idea of history itself, stereotypes are broken. Will Cuppy's brilliant historical and satirical collection of short biographies, "The Decline And Fall Of Practically Everybody", is a welcome breath of fresh air to the usual library of historical reference ...

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