A review by nwhyte
1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England by W.C. Sellar

funny lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

https://fromtheheartofeurope.eu/1066-and-all-that-by-w-c-sellar-and-r-j-yeatman/

A cheerful return to an old favourite: the spoof version of English history, cantering through two thousand years with a series of unlikely and yet very probable misreadings. There’s not much more to be said; some of the humour has dated, but a lot of it remains very funny.

He also invented a game called “Bluff King Hal” which he invited his ministers to play with him. The players were blindfolded and knelt down with their heads on a block of wood; they then guessed who the King would marry next