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Dancing By The Light of The Moon
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  • Published: 2 July 2021
  • ISBN: 9781405944557
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $30.00
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Dancing By The Light of The Moon

Over 250 poems to read, relish and recite

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Paperback
2 July 2021
EBook
5 Sept 2019
Audiobook
7 Oct 2021
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A brand-new collection of Britain's best-loved poetry, handpicked by Gyles Brandreth

Following the recent success of the bestselling Have You Eaten Grandma? Gyles Brandreth is back with his next love-letter to language.

In his last book Gyles lamented the rise of emojis, this misuse of punctuation and the younger generation's lack-lustre approach to language. In this stunning new book, Gyles celebrates the finest uses of English by handpicking the ultimate anthology of Great Britain's best-loved poems.

He urges us to savour the perfect couplets, delicate words, and clever quips by learning these exquisite poems by heart. By savouring, memorising and sharing these poems we can begin to increase literacy rates, which are at an all-time low, while enriching our lives with the joy of language.

Gyles writes emphatically about the beauty, diversity and ingenuity of the language used in these poems, and the way in which they can transform our lives.
  • Published: 2 July 2021
  • ISBN: 9781405944557
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $30.00
Categories:

About the author

Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, performer, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and probably best known these days as a reporter on BBC1's The One Show and as a regular on Radio 4's Just a Minute. On TV he has featured on Have I Got News For You, QI, Room 101, Countdown, and This is Your Life. As a journalist he writes for the Telegraph and Daily Mail and is a columnist for The Oldie. The founder of the National Scrabble Championships, his books about words and language include four best-sellers, The Joy of Lex, Word Play, Have You Eaten Grandma? and Dancing by the Light of the Moon.

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Also by Gyles Brandreth

Elizabeth
What's Black and White and Red All Over?
Have You Eaten Grandma?
A History of Britain in Just a Minute
Prose & Cons
What Goes Up White and Comes Down Yellow?
Somewhere, A Boy And A Bear
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Praise for Dancing By The Light of The Moon

A passionate and rousing manifesto on the power and pleasure of learning poetry by heart

Optima

To instil a love of literature, a copy of Dancing by the Light of the Moon ought to find its way into every home in the land

Daily Mail, Book of the Week

Brandreth provides over 400 pages of top-notch poems by everyone from Shakespeare to Simon Armitage. But his mission is to get you learning the poems by heart

Mail Online

A celebration of poetry packed full of wonderful verses

Planet Mindful

Gyles Brandreth has compiled a collection of 250 poems that he believes will transform your memory and change your life. I couldn't agree me

Dr Max Pemberton, Daily Mail

Gyles has discovered the secret of finding happiness through learning poetry by heart. It's wonderful and so much fun

Dame Judi Dench

This compendium is an enthusiastic and emphatic call to appreciate all forms of poetry

Radio Times

For a poem fitting for every occasion, make sure you add this book to your shopping cart ASAP

Glamour UK