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Robert Laffont
EAN : 9782221253694
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 224
Size : 210 x 160 mm
The Best Comebacks in History

Release date : 04/11/2021
Witticisms from the greatest figures in history, illustrated with humor.
 
“PROTESTERS: Mitterrand, fous le camp!
FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND: That rhymes, but I think you can do better.”
Who hasn’t dreamed of answering a disparaging comment with a snappy comeback?
In this lighthearted, biting book, Hubert Van Rie offers 200 comebacks from historical figures, along with his own illustrations in India ink.
From Aristotle to Picasso...
“PROTESTERS: Mitterrand, fous le camp!
FRANÇOIS MITTERRAND: That rhymes, but I think you can do better.”
Who hasn’t dreamed of answering a disparaging comment with a snappy comeback?
In this lighthearted, biting book, Hubert Van Rie offers 200 comebacks from historical figures, along with his own illustrations in India ink.
From Aristotle to Picasso and from Voltaire to Marie de Médicis, each figure has the right to their own caustic, funny, or inspiring comeback, on subjects as diverse as seduction, power, wealth, and death.
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EAN : 9782221253694
Shaping : BROCHE
Pages : 224
Size : 210 x 160 mm
Robert Laffont