Heroines and Harridans is a tale of eccentricity (generally British), some bad behaviour (occasionally American) and rather odd love lives (some corking aristocrats). It is not by chance that the relation of matters in the past are called 'History'. It is, generally, 'his story' with many men doing grand things while the women stayed home to make the soup. Heroines and Harridans gives another, highly entertaining view on life as comedian Sandi Toksvig brings her trademark wit and humour to bear on 22 portraits of as ...
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Heroines and Harridans is a tale of eccentricity (generally British), some bad behaviour (occasionally American) and rather odd love lives (some corking aristocrats). It is not by chance that the relation of matters in the past are called 'History'. It is, generally, 'his story' with many men doing grand things while the women stayed home to make the soup. Heroines and Harridans gives another, highly entertaining view on life as comedian Sandi Toksvig brings her trademark wit and humour to bear on 22 portraits of as eccentric a melange of women throughout history as you are ever likely to find. All of the featured characters were terrific good fun, helped shape the world they lived in but in many cases disappeared into obscurity. Each of Toksvig's gloriously funny pen portraits is accompanied by equally striking and imaginative illustrations by artist Sandy Nightingale.
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Add this copy of Pope Joan & Other Great Women a Fanfare of Fabulous to cart. $16.00, good condition, Sold by True Oak Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Highland, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2012 by Robson Books.
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Good+ 1849543380. Light foxing to the edge of pages (top and fore-edge). Great overall condition. Slipcase included and in great condition (some light scratching). Hinge has a bit of (cosmetic only) damage which is visible on the copyright page only. Binding is tight. The book is holding together well but looks used and shows wear. No writing detected.; 198 X 18 X 251 millimeters.
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Nightingale, Sandy. Fine in fine dust jacket. 256 p. Audience: General/trade. Hardcover, new dust jacket as well, covers new, pages clean and unmarked, binding tight and secure. With numerous full-color and black/white incredible images. Photograph of Sandi Toksvig by Catherine Shakespeare. No soup recipes in the book. FRONT 4 A
