Unruly

Unruly

Paperback Published on: 23/05/2024
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Unruly
One of the best books I've read this year!
David Mitchell's "Unruly" stands out as a wonderfully narrated history of English monarchs from Arthur to Elizabeth I. It's incredibly funny, entertaining,... READ MORE
Jeanne

Synopsis

A seriously funny, seriously clever history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators.

This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read.

Certainly, the funniest.

Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all names, dates or ungraspable historical headwinds, but instead show how it's really just a bunch of random stuff that happened with a few lucky bastards ending up on top. Some of these bastards were quite strange, but they were in charge, so we quite literally lived, and often still live, by their rules.

It's a great story. And it's our story. If you want to know who we are in modern Britain, you need to read this book.

  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781405953191
  • Number of pages: 448
  • Weight: 346g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm

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Unruly
Another one please!
I really enjoyed this book. As others have said, you almost imagine Mitchell reading this to you, which worked well for me. It’s an irreverent look at the... READ MORE
Marilyn Martin