UNRULY : THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER HORRIBLE HISTORIES FOR GROWNUPS THE TIMES

Discover who we are and how we got here in comedian, star of Peep Show and student of history David Mitchells UNRULY: A History of Englands Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the founding fathers and mothers of England, and subsequently Britain. JUST FANTASTIC. DELIGHTFULLY CONTRARY AND HILARIOUSLY CANTANKEROUS. VERY, VERY FUNNY JESSE ARMSTRONG, CREATOR OF SUCCESSION AND PEEP SHOWCLEVER, AMUSING, GLORIOUSLY BIZARRE AND RAZOR SHARP. MITCHELL - A FUNNY MAN AND A SKILLED HISTORIAN - TELLS STORIES THAT ARE INTERESTING AND FUN. HERE IS HORRIBLE HISTORIES FOR GROWNUPS GERARD DEGROOT, THE TIMESCLEVER, FUNNY, MAKES YOU THINK QUITE DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HISTORY DAN SNOW, HISTORIAN AND BROADCASTERThink you know your kings and queens? Think again. In UNRULY, David Mitchell explores how Englands monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits. Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didnt exist), David tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). Its a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, excessive beheadings, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut, as the population evolved from having their crops nicked by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king. How this happened, who it happened to and why it matters in modern Britain are all questions David answers with brilliance, wit and the full erudition of a man who once studied history - and wont let it off the hook for the mess its made. A funny book about a serious subject, UNRULY is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame. Mitchell clearly knows his history, with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon Schama ANDREW MARR, BROADCASTERI