Pop Goes the Weasel - E-book - ePub

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 Albert Jack - Pop Goes the Weasel.
From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes. Who... Lire la suite
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Résumé

From the international bestselling author of Red Herrings and White Elephants--a curious guide to the hidden histories of classic nursery rhymes. Who was Mary Quite Contrary, or Georgie Porgie? How could Hey Diddle Diddle offer an essential astronomy lesson?Do Jack and Jill actually represent the execution of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette? And if Ring Around the Rosie isn't about the plague, then what is it really about?This book is a quirky, curious, and sometimes sordid look at the truth behind popular nursery rhymes that uncovers the strange tales that inspired them--from Viking raids to political insurrection to smuggling slaves to freedom.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    25/01/2021
  • Editeur
  • ISBN
    978-1-386-41873-3
  • EAN
    9781386418733
  • Format
    ePub
  • Caractéristiques du format ePub
    • Protection num.
      Contenu protégé

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Biographie de Albert Jack

Albert Jack is a writer and historian. His first book Red Herrings and White Elephants explored the origins of well-known idioms and phrases and became an international best-seller in 2004. It was serialized in the Sunday Times and remained on their best-seller list for sixteen straight months. He followed this up with a series of other popular titles including Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep, Pop Goes the Weasel, What Caesar did for my Salad & They Laughed at Galileo.
Fascinated by discovering the truth behind the world's great stories, Albert has become an expert at explaining the unexplained, enriching millions of dinner table conversations and ending bar room quarrels the world over. He is now a veteran of hundreds of live television shows and thousands of radio programs worldwide. Albert lives somewhere between Guildford in England and Bangkok in Thailand. OTHER BOOKS BY ALBERT JACKRed Herrings and White ElephantsShaggy Dogs and Black SheepPhantom HitchhikersLoch Ness Monsters and Other World MysteriesPop Goes the WeaselThe Old Dog and DuckWhat Caesar Did for my SaladBlack Sheep and Lame DucksIt's a Wonderful WordMoney for Old Rope Part 1Money for Old Rope Part 2The Jam: Sounds From the StreetWant to be a Writer?New World Order: The Bilderberg Conspiracy and the Last Man in LondonRose Versus ThistleThey Laughed at GalileoThe Greatest Generation - Diary of a 1st & 6th Airborne Paratrooper9/11 ConspiracyDebt Freedom ProgramThe Slow Death of EuropeBlue Moons and Black Markets

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