World wit

“World Witty” is a collection of historical past and jokes from the time of antiquity to the 19th century, a unique selection of “sayings, well -aimed thoughts, sharp words” of European and Russian monarchs, politicians, generals, scientists, writers, actors.

The book "World Witty" has been unchanged for more than 100 years. But over the past century, she was not at all outdated and did not lose her relevance. Jokes, historical jokes of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance with honor withstood the test of time. The accurate, witty statements of European and Russian monarchs, politicians, commanders, scientists, writers, actors have not lost their acuity to the present day.

The uniqueness of the publication in the fact that almost all real historical characters in our book gained, so To say, “their face”: they appeared before the reader in portraits (with brief biographical certificates), in the images of the heroes of genre paintings and caricatures of famous artists.