QI: The Book of the Dead

Name: QI: The Book of the Dead
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571324118
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By John Lloyd and John Mitchinson

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QI: The Book of the Dead by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson offers a humorous exploration of the lives and peculiarities of notable historical figures who have long since passed. The book delves into fascinating anecdotes and lesser-known facts about these individuals, highlighting the quirks and eccentricities that have been overlooked by textbooks. It's a witty and enlightening celebration of life in all its oddity.
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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by eccentric historical figures and love a good laugh. It's perfect for readers who appreciate a mix of wit, trivia, and insightful anecdotes about the lives of intriguing people from the past.

QI: The Book of the Dead

QI's biographical dictionary of incredible lives.

QI: The Book of the Dead is the quirkiest biographical dictionary you'll ever read from John Lloyd, John Mitchinson and the bestselling QI team, full of fun facts, stories and secrets about the most interesting people who ever lived.

Description

The QI Book of the Dead is, in fact, a book about life, and lives: we have selected six dozen of the happiest, saddest, maddest and most successful men and women from history—the immortally famous and the undeservedly obscure—to share their secrets, celebrate their wisdom, learn from their mistakes, and marvel at their bad taste in clothes.

Hans Christian Andersen was terrified of naked women. Florence Nightingale spent her last fifty years in bed. Sigmund Freud smoked twenty cigars a day. Catherine de Medici applied a daily face mask made of pigeon dung. Rembrandt van Rijn died penniless. And Madame Mao banned cicadas, rustling noises and pianos.

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QI: The Book of the Dead by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson is praised for its witty and engaging exploration of the lives of historical figures. Reviews highlight its humorous approach to presenting lesser-known facts, making it both an entertaining and enlightening read. Readers appreciate the book’s ability to blend history with humour, offering unique insights into the lives of the deceased.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571324118

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 March 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 195.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 448

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Fiction Humour John Lloyd John Mitchinson

About the Author

John Lloyd CBE devised The News Quiz and To the Manor Born for radio and Not The Nine O'Clock News, Spitting Image and Blackadder for television. John Mitchinson has been both bookseller and publisher and looked after authors as diverse as Haruki Murakami, The Beatles and a woman who knitted with dog hair. Together they are in charge of research for the hit BBC show QI, and have written many bestselling books, including such titles as The Book of General Ignorance, 1,227 QI Facts To Blow Your Socks Off and most recently, 1,411 QI Facts To Knock You sideways.