The Frank Muir Book: An Irreverent Companion to Social History

by Frank Muir

The Frank Muir Book is both an extraordinary book and unique. It could be described as Frank Muir's personal account of some aspects of England's social history. But it is much more than that. It could be described as an anthology of over a thousand relevant quotations - and yet it is more than that too. The book is based upon the selection of the they are all abusive, wittily critical, venomous, sullen or in some way represent displeasure. And they are all embedded in the text which means that each chapter is not only a diverting history of its subject but each page is illuminated by quotations from contemporaries speaking out against what was happening at the time.

Genres: Humor, History, Language, Cultural, Literature

Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

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Frank Herbert Muir was an English comedy screenwriter and radio and television personality. From 1977 on he also wrote children's books based on his family dog, What-a-Mess. In 1997 he published his autobiography.

Reviews

[Mavis Hewitt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fascinating journey through the changes in things like Literature, Education, Music etc. Have to admit reading before going to sleep tended to skip the passages written in old English as my brain couldn't be bothered to work out what they were saying, but still lots of fun bits.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

mildly amusing, somewhat interesting book - with far too much emphasis for my taste on certain forms of drink in the chapter called "food and drink."