"'Hilarious' The Sunday Times 'Side-splitting' Daily Telegraph 'Craig Brown is the business' Independent 'Craig Brown's 1966 and All That is a fabulous spoof history of modern Britain. Inspired by its irreverent predecessor 1066 and All That, which was published in 1930, it begins with the First World War and ends with the Millennium Dome. It is effortlessly brilliant, eminently quotable and very much 'A Good Thing'... Like the best satirists, Brown skewers our pretensions, ridicules our foibles and holds a mirror up to our times...1966 and All That is a worthy successor to 1066 and should be required reading in every school across the land.' Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler * 'Craig Brown is one of the funniest writers in Britain - wise, clever, hilarious and a national treasure.' - Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones's Diary * 'Craig Brown is Britain's greatest parodist... This weird and wonderful book has more common sense in it than most dutiful histories.' - John Mortimer, Mail on Sunday * 'A work of comic brilliance... disconcertingly like my GCSE History course.' - Ben Schott * 'The wittiest writer in Britain today.' - Stephen Fry"

'I doubt there is a better parodist alive than Craig Brown.'

'We love Craig Brown!'

'We love Craig Brown...We were crying with laughter.'

'Outstanding, endlessly inventive and irresistible.'

'A master satirist'

'Hilarious' The Sunday Times 'Side-splitting' Daily Telegraph 'Craig Brown is the business' Independent 'Craig Brown's 1966 and All That is a fabulous spoof history of modern Britain. Inspired by its irreverent predecessor 1066 and All That, which was published in 1930, it begins with the First World War and ends with the Millennium Dome. It is effortlessly brilliant, eminently quotable and very much 'A Good Thing' ...Like the best satirists, Brown skewers our pretensions, ridicules our foibles and holds a mirror up to our times...1966 and All That is a worthy successor to 1066 and should be required reading in every school across the land.' Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler 1966 AND ALL THAT - all the modern history you can't remember, narrated in a way you can't begin to understand.

'Hilarious' The Sunday Times 'Side-splitting' Daily Telegraph 'Craig Brown is the business' Independent 'Craig Brown's 1966 and All That is a fabulous spoof history of modern Britain. Inspired by its irreverent predecessor 1066 and All That, which was published in 1930, it begins with the First World War and ends with the Millennium Dome. It is effortlessly brilliant, eminently quotable and very much 'A Good Thing' ...Like the best satirists, Brown skewers our pretensions, ridicules our foibles and holds a mirror up to our times...1966 and All That is a worthy successor to 1066 and should be required reading in every school across the land.' Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler 1966 AND ALL THAT - all the modern history you can't remember, narrated in a way you can't begin to understand.

We had great fun with this one...one listen and you'll know why. The cast charge through Craig Brown's surreal version of history with huge enthusiasm, and the jokes arrive at such a furious pace you barely have time to catch a breath. We always suspected these barking mad history lessons would be a pleasure to do on audio, and here's the proof.

If you've ever laughed at anything, ever, you'll love this audiobook. If you haven't - well, buy it anyway. Your friends will enjoy it.

Craig Brown is the author of The Marsh Marlowe Letters, The Little Book of Chaos and The Hounding of John Thomas. His writings for Private Eye, the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Telegraph have won numerous awards. Craig Brown was recently named one of the 50 funniest people in Britain by The Observer and one of the 50 wisest people in Britain by Saga magazine. He was the only person to appear in both lists.

2006-11-05 A Worthy Sequel

I think Sellar and Yeatman would have approved of this - huge fun which had me laughing helplessly page after page. The more history you 'know' the funnier it is, though it also helps to have a taste for appalling puns. As with 1066 and all that, this take on history is sometimes very pointed and insightful. Recommended.