The Twelve Days of Christmas

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For the final letter, after Edward has sent members of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic to her, [2] Emily's solicitor G. I had a hard copy of this book many years ago and loved it, but I must have lent it out as this year I could not find it. It makes me laugh out loud every time I read it and I keep it out (not just for Christmas) to read through it occasionally.

First edition: octavo; hardcover, with gilt spine and upper board titles and decoration; unpaginated (32pp. Everyone knows the 'Twelve days of Christmas', but not as rewritten by John Julius Norwich in this delightful correspondence, which records the daily thank-you letters from one increasingly bemused young lady to her unseen admirer. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. First edition thus hard back binding in publisher's original Devon cream cloth covers, scarlet title and author lettering to the spine. The Twelve Days of Christmas" by John Julius Norwich: This book is one of the funniest on the planet.The monologue is performed by the reading out of letters written by Emily Wilbraham to her lover Edward. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. I often see things, in the artwork, that I haven't noticed before---in spite of owning it for years! A friend recommended it to me and it has made my husband and myself laugh each time we read it, and reading it will become a Christmas tradition at our house.They also considered that it was a way of dropping hints about the consequences of poorly idealised Christmas presents. Grove Press An imprint of Grove Atlantic, an American independent publisher, who publish in the UK through Atlantic Books. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Corvus Atlantic’s commercial fiction list which includes women’s, historical, romance, sci-fi, crime and thriller. It is an easy read and as a literacy tutor, I wanted something for the children to read in the run up to Christmas.And who but Quentin Blake could exploit the full comic possibilities of this hilarious debacle as first birds, then maids and finally the full percussion section of the Liverpool Philharmonic create mayhem in the calm of an English country Christmas?