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Goldsboro Books

9781785946820

Prose and Cons

Prose and Cons

by Gyles Brandreth

Publisher BBC Books

Genre: Non-Fiction

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  • Hardback
  • UK First Edition, First Printing


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About the book

'A whirlwind tour of the joys of English, by the master of concision and wit.’ – Susie Dent

‘Gyles is very funny – and never lost for words!’ – Dame Judi Dench

As fans of 
Just a Minute know, the key to the game is knowing your way around the English language: how it works, how it’s evolved, and how words connect, often in surprising ways. When it comes to the English language (and Just a Minute), Gyles Brandreth has seen it all – and now he’s ready to put you through your linguistic paces, to become a Just a Minute expert yourself.

In this wildly entertaining A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue – from the origins of words and correct grammar and punctuation, to similes, euphemisms and record breaking tongue twisters (try getting your mouth around floccinaucinihilipification!). An idiosyncratic blend of history, word play, anecdote, and hyperbole, all in 60-second instalments, this is Gyles Brandreth at his word-perfect, 
Just-a-Minute best. You’ll never mix your metaphors again...

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About the Author

Gyles Brandreth

Giles Brandreth is an English writer, broadcaster, actor, comedian, and former Conservative Member of Parliament.


In September 2004, Brandreth's book on the marriage of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, Philip and Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage was published. In July 2005, he published a second book on the Royal Family, entitled Charles and Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair, which concerns the three-decade love affair between Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.


Brandreth has written a series of seven works of historical fiction called The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries, in which Oscar Wilde works with both Robert Shepard and Arthur Conan Doyle.

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