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Toksvig's Almanac 2021

An Eclectic Meander Through the Historical Year by Sandi Toksvig

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Toksvig's Almanac 2021

By: Sandi Toksvig
Narrated by: Sandi Toksvig
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Let Sandi Toksvig guide you on an eclectic meander through the calendar, illuminating neglected corners of history to tell tales of the fascinating figures you didn't learn about at school. From popes who gave birth during papal processions, to the inventor of Scrabble, to pioneering civil rights activist Ida B. Wells, who refused to give up her seat on a train decades before Rosa Parks was born. As witty and entertaining as it is instructive, this is an essential companion to each day of the year.

©2020 Sandi Toksvig (P)2020 Orion Publishing Group Women Witty
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Sandi is such a delight. A valuable recovery of some great women of history.
Excellent structure using the calendar year.

Engaging and informative

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though not in-depth on any individual a fantastic brush across history read with charm and style. i can't imagine a more interesting format nor perfect author/narrator

An excellent listen.

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Wasn’t as funny as I had hoped but still very clever and full of interesting facts and rich history about women who have achieved plenty

Very interesting

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Loved it. Sandy is fun and has given me a lot of women to followup

Giving you a heads up on women in history.

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this made me what to do a deep dive into so many areas. I really enjoyed this book & I think I will go back to it in a few months time & take notes of different women of history that have been forgotten or unknown. I loved that Sandi did the narration too.

fascinating to listen to

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sadly, it's a hard listen. lots of facts regarding women in history. not as entertaining as I thought it was going to be

A hard listen.

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