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Weird World of Wonders
British
Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the British! It's history, but not as we know it!
Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book including:
- How to avoid scurvy
- Why bright red isn't the best colour for a soldier's uniform
- Why not being able to swim was considered an advantage, and
- How to cure the most gruesome tropical diseases
Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book including:
- How to avoid scurvy
- Why bright red isn't the best colour for a soldier's uniform
- Why not being able to swim was considered an advantage, and
- How to cure the most gruesome tropical diseases
- GenresHistoryNonfictionHumor
160 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2012
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Tony Robinson
225 books82 followersSir Tony Robinson is an English actor, comedian, amateur historian, TV presenter, author and political activist. He is known for playing "Baldrick" in the BBC television series Blackadder and for hosting Channel 4 programmes such as Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History.
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April 17, 2018
It was slightly amusing; but not informative. I doubt British children learn more about Britain and the Empire than they knew before.
The Constitution Act 1982 gave Canada the right to amend its Constitution (which was The British North America Act 1867; with clarifications in the Statute of Westminster 1931.). Mr. Robinson is right to say (in his list of former colonies) that Canada's independence was a gradual process, and that portions of British North America became provinces of Canada at various times; but we date our nationhood from July 1, 1867, not from 1982, the date Mr Robinson used. ([We got along okay with the BNA Act being both our Constitution and an Act of the British Parliament; but we did need to revise and amend it ourselves. One joke was that when the Canadian Parliament applied to "repatriate our constitution"; the British Parliament "didn't know the thing [the BNA Act] was here [in Westminster]." Well, 115 years was a long time to get around to ask for the master key to our home, even though we had copies.)
The Constitution Act 1982 gave Canada the right to amend its Constitution (which was The British North America Act 1867; with clarifications in the Statute of Westminster 1931.). Mr. Robinson is right to say (in his list of former colonies) that Canada's independence was a gradual process, and that portions of British North America became provinces of Canada at various times; but we date our nationhood from July 1, 1867, not from 1982, the date Mr Robinson used. ([We got along okay with the BNA Act being both our Constitution and an Act of the British Parliament; but we did need to revise and amend it ourselves. One joke was that when the Canadian Parliament applied to "repatriate our constitution"; the British Parliament "didn't know the thing [the BNA Act] was here [in Westminster]." Well, 115 years was a long time to get around to ask for the master key to our home, even though we had copies.)
October 28, 2019
Entertaining short read. A brief history ok Britain with humour.
July 17, 2013
Bit of a disappointment. Several glaring inaccuracies, pretty jingoistic and not even funny.
December 6, 2020
It's interesting .
May 16, 2013
For kids.
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