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The Last 100 Years (Give or Take) and All That
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 5 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
A fascinating and hilarious gallop through 20th-century British history, by comedian Al Murray.
An awful lot has happened in the last 100 years or so. In fact, when you look at how much went on in the 20th century, it's amazing it didn't take longer than that.
And what have we learnt? A few obvious lessons include: megalomaniac men with moustaches in charge of countries tend to turn out to be bad; anyone who thinks they can explain let alone sort out the Middle East is wrong; France simply cannot be relied upon; America may or may not be the cause of everything good and bad in the world (depending on who you ask).
This isn't your bog-standard history book. We all know that history books (which shall not be questioned because they are all true according to our history teachers of yore) are dry and dull, and they go on as if there's only one version of history (spoiler: it's all about perspective). Enter Al Murray, alter-ego of everyone's favourite Pub Landlord.
Al knows his way around 20th-century Britain, and he's good enough to illuminate it for you. From the big bang of the 20th century, WWI, to the eve of the new millennium (when all the computers in the world didn't stop working and the queen had to do the hokey cokey with Tony Blair) and all the forgotten tales in between, this is a brilliantly funny, irreverent and eye-opening whistle-stop tour of Britain since 1914.
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- eric.rayner@btinternet.com
- 29-03-23
Serious history ... with jokes
If you like your history to be sprinkled with humour, this is worth a listen. An edited view of the main events of the last 100 years. It's a good listen and proper history. Some of the jokes are good too.
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- Ken Sanderson
- 02-06-21
history made enjoyable
Al Nurray talks his way through the major parts of world history in his own stylish way including WW1 WW2 the cold war, indian partition and other historic events such as the World cup 1966.
it's all very entertaining and had it been like this during school history lessons, I might have paid more attention. very funny and clever as well, making valid comparisons and asking questions like; why doesn't mankind ever learn when history repeats the same things over and over?
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- G Man
- 08-03-22
Enjoyable
Great to lose a few hours and have a chuckle.
I listen to unwind from the stress of the day, and it does just that.
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- miss l t hollick
- 31-05-21
Entertaining and informative
Really enjoyed this book, informative and funny. interesting information about the war a real passion for Al Murray.
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- Caisel
- 20-07-22
Incredible
One of the best History & comedy books I’ve listened too! Definitely worth it! Highly recommend.
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- Don Connery
- 22-02-21
Great stuff again from Al Murray
Just wish it was a bit longer. Seemed to rush towards the end. Still great though.
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- Dave Nevett
- 17-03-21
Amazing skill
Just like his live act, marvel at how Murray can make a hilarious routine out of serious facts, keeping the details spot on, filtering out the unnecessary parts and still educating you as you listen. As he says, don’t sweat the years, remember it’s a Britain-centric book and strap in!
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- Chris
- 07-02-21
Al's reading makes history more interesting
Some thought provoking takes amongst the cheerful history with explanations of the level of detail. For more war check out "We have ways of making you talk"
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- Griff
- 20-01-21
Entertaining history lesson
While Al is a times being the annoying pub landlord this is fairly infrequent.
Otherwise I found this to be entertaining and enlightening and would recommend it to anyone looking to get a brief overview of recent history.
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- Mark
- 20-03-24
top book
loved it a great look back on history with a comedy twist put in. 100% for anyone in to history
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