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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
" alt="">Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary
way it was taught at school. Back then ^The Origins of the Industrial Revolution^
somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on
Timothy Johnson^s ^Shatterproof^ ruler. But here at last is a chance to have a
good laugh and learn all that stuff you feel you really ought to know by now...</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
" alt="">In this "Horrible History for Grown Ups" you
can read how Anglo-Saxon liberals struggled to be positive about immigration;
^Look I think we have to try and respect the religious customs of our new
Viking friends - oi, he^s nicked my bloody ox!^ Discover how England^s peculiar
class system was established by some snobby French nobles whose posh
descendents still have wine cellars and second homes in the Dordogne today. And
explore the complex socio-economic reasons why Britain^s kings were the first
in Europe to be brought to heel; (because the Stuarts were such a useless bunch
of untalented, incompetent, arrogant, upper-class thickoes that Parliament
didn^t have much choice.) </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:
" alt="">A book about then that is also incisive and illuminating
about now, "2000 Years of Upper Class Idiots in Charge", is a
hilarious, informative and cantankerous journey through Britain^ fascinating
and bizarre history. As entertaining as a witch burning, and a lot more laughs.</span></p>

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<p><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" alt="">About
the Author</span></strong></p>

<p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:" alt="">John O^Farrell</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:" alt=""> is the author of four
novels: The Man Who Forgot His Wife, May Contain Nuts, This Is Your Life and
The Best a Man Can Get. His novels have been translated into over twenty
languages and have been adapted for radio and television. He has also written
two best-selling history books: An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and an
Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain, Things Can Only Get Better and
three collections of his column in The Guardian. A former comedy scriptwriter
for such productions as Spitting Image, Room 101, Murder Most Horrid and
Chicken Run.</span></p>

