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An Utterly Exasperated History Of Modern Britain: Or Sixty Years Of Making The Same Stupid Mistakes As Always (2010)

by John O'Farrell(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0552775460 (ISBN13: 9780552775465)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

London : Black Swan

review 1: I really enjoyed O'Farrell's last book on the history of Britain (2000 years up to world war 2). There are plenty of stories ripe for his style of humour in that time period, with Kings and Queens doing things they shouldn't. Unfortunately the 60 year period covered in this book is not quite so suitable for this humour. Yes there are a lot of jokes to be made, but the book tries to cram in too many. The last book could just select the interesting bits of history, but this one attempts to cover nearly every relevant factual event in the last 60 years of British history. In doing this it barely scratches the surface of any one topic while covering some topics that could easily be left out.This book is good for what it is--light relief. If you need a broad overview of B... moreritish history then this will do the job. Once your interest in the period has been sparked, pick up an Andrew Marr book instead.
review 2: I can imagine that some people may not like JO'F but I LOVE his writing, he makes me do that irritating thing where I have to read things out to other people to see if they think it is funny too. This brings up to date where the first book left off ie from WW2 to current date and it was great to be reminded of so many recent historical events told with such an eye for comedy. Read the first one and then try this. less

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