The best of British wit: there's nothing quite like it, whether you're a lover of language or simply want to impress. A date, a dinner, a wedding, an argument - there are occassions galore when an amusing quip is worth its weight in gold. This book is a collection of funniest quotations from across the centuries right up to today. The topics range from art to drinking to Brits themselves.
How do you respond to a dinner invitation that says "Eight for eight thirty"? What might induce you to get off a London train at a place called Mud Chute? When is it okay to drive over a sleeping policeman? And why do the Brits keep saying "Who's she, the cat's mother"?
Jane Austen's scalpel disinters the motives of her characters, and
though her age is so remote, her insights strike a modern note. At
Winchester you'll find her bones; her books are all in Waterstone's.
Alfred the Great, Robert the Bruce, Francis Drake, Christopher Wren,
Elizabeth Fry, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Emmeline Pankhurst, Ernest
Shackleton, Agatha Christie, J. K. Rowling...What do they all have in
common? They're all great Brits, and their works and achievements are
celebrated in charming verse along with many more in this entertaining
book. Muirden has regaled us before with rhyming romps through British
history. Now he presents us with 100 Great Brits ; witty and erudite,
this is the perfect gift to illuminate and amuse.
