Let Them Eat Cake: Amusing Slices from History

by Geoffrey Regan

This original and highly entertaining collection of nearly 700 historical anecdotes ranges from Classical times to the Second World War, covering the unfamiliar and undiscovered byways of history.

296 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

Geoffrey Regan is an English military historian, former senior school teacher and broadcaster.

Reviews

[Stephen Hoffman · Rating 3 out of 5]

(2.5 stars rounded up to 3).

This was a mixed bag of historical anecdotes. Some were amusing and others interesting or surprising. There were enough of these to give a mark of above two stars but not more.

However, far too many of the anecdotes were either not interesting or were described in such minute and tedious detail that the life was sacked out of the anecdote.

This book isn't terrible, but I would not recommend it and I assume there are better recollections of anecdotes, which I will try out.

[Gabriela Ramirez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Highly entertaining.