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Title: A POINTLESS HISTORY OF THE WORLD
By: Richard Osman, Alexander Armstrong
Format: Hardback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 1473623235
ISBN 13: 9781473623231
Publisher: HODDER & STOUGHTON GENERAL DIVISION
Pub. date: 6 October, 2016
Series: Pointless Books 5
Pages: 320
Description: Delve into the world of Pointless, the huge ratings-winning hit BBC One quiz show, with this brilliant romp through the history of the world.
Synopsis: A Pointless History of the World is a complete[1] and meticulously researched[2] series of essays on our rich and glorious past. Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, two of the world's foremost experts on Things Before Their Time[3] take you on a step-by-step journey through history.From the Big Bang to the Fall of the Roman Empire, from the Ice Age to the Evolution of Language, from Henry VIII to Last of the Summer Wine: all of civilisation is here. A publishing first, this thoroughly comprehensive and highly ambitious quest through Time and Space is interspersed with questions for all the family from TV's most popular tea-time quiz show, Pointless. This is Alexander and Richard's biggest book yet.The book no historian can afford to be without[4], it comes complete with introduction and footnotes[5]. [1] Highly selective[2] Largely cobbled together from what we can remember from school [3] That's not even a thing[4] Under no circumstances to be used for reference[5] Um...
Publication: UK
Imprint: Coronet Books
Returns: Returnable
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