Terry Jones
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born
February 01, 1942
gender
male
place of birth
Colwyn Bay, Wales, The United Kingdom
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genre
Humor, Entertainment
about this author
Terence Graham Parry Jones is a Welsh comedian, screenwriter and actor, film director, children's author, popular historian, political commentator and TV documentary host. He is best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team.
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Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book by Terry Jones avg rating 4.08 — 550 ratings — published 1994 16 editions |
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Starship Titanic by Terry Jones, Douglas Adams avg rating 3.37 — 657 ratings — published 1997 15 editions |
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The Goblin Companion by Terry Jones avg rating 4.21 — 67 ratings — published 1996 4 editions |
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Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mystery by Terry Jones avg rating 3.91 — 64 ratings — published 2003 5 editions |
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Terry Jones' Medieval Lives by Terry Jones, Alan Ereira avg rating 4.22 — 50 ratings — published 2005 2 editions |
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Strange Stains and Mysterious Smells: Based on Quentin Cottington's Journal of Faery Research by Terry Jones avg rating 4.06 — 51 ratings — published 1996 2 editions |
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Terry Jones' Barbarians by Terry Jones avg rating 4.03 — 40 ratings — published 2006 3 editions |
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The Saga of Eric the Viking (Puffin Books) by Terry Jones avg rating 4.14 — 22 ratings — published 1983 6 editions |
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Terry Jones' Fairy Tales (Puffin Books) by Terry Jones avg rating 4.15 — 20 ratings — published 1986 8 editions |
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Crusades by Terry Jones, Alan Ereira avg rating 4.16 — 19 ratings — published 1995 |
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"What really alarms me about President Bush's 'War on Terrorism' is the grammar. How do you wage war on an abstract noun? How is 'Terrorism' going to surrender? It's well known, in philological circles, that it's very hard for abstract nouns to surrender."
— Terry Jones
— Terry Jones
"Short or long to Goblin City?
The straight way's short
But the long way's pretty..."
— Terry Jones (Terry Jones' Fairy Tales)
The straight way's short
But the long way's pretty..."
— Terry Jones (Terry Jones' Fairy Tales)
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