More Christmas Crackers: Being Ten Commonplace Selections 1980-89
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Over the last 20 years, the author of this book had been sending out Christmas crackers - a commonplace selection of prose and poetry - to his friends instead of Christmas cards. What began as a personal choice of literary odds and ends has now become a substantial collection. Assembled here are the crackers from the second decade, featuring subjects as varied as pig-sticking and the Papacy, from contributors as diverse as Nelson and Freya Stark.
Author: John Julius Norwich
Format: Paperback, 336 pages, 134mm x 216mm, 411 g
Published: 1992, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous
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Over the last 20 years, the author of this book had been sending out Christmas crackers - a commonplace selection of prose and poetry - to his friends instead of Christmas cards. What began as a personal choice of literary odds and ends has now become a substantial collection. Assembled here are the crackers from the second decade, featuring subjects as varied as pig-sticking and the Papacy, from contributors as diverse as Nelson and Freya Stark.
More Christmas Crackers: Being Ten Commonplace Selections 1980-89