Discover who we are and how we got here this holiday season in comedian David Mitchell's
Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful funny exploration of the
entitled and enthroned 'Clever amusing gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell - a
funny man and skilled historian - tells stories that are interesting and fun. Here is Horrible
Histories for grownups' GERARD DEGROOT THE TIMES 'Just fantastic. Delightfully contrary and
hilariously cantankerous. Very very funny' JESSE ARMSTRONG CREATOR OF SUCCESSION AND PEEP
SHOW 'Clever funny. Makes you think quite differently about history' DAN SNOW HISTORIAN
AND BROADCASTER ---- Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. Taking us right
back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist) Unruly tells the founding story of post-Roman
England up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It's a tale of narcissists
inadequate self-control excessive beheadings middle-management insurrection uncivil wars
and at least one total Cnut. How this happened who it happened to and why it matters in
modern Britain are all questions David Mitchell answers with brilliance wit and the full
erudition of a man who once studied history - and won't let it off the hook for the mess it's
made. *The Times Number One Bestseller October 2023* ---- 'An enjoyable rollicking read
definitely not a conventional history book' THE TIMES ' Chatty irreverent and liberally
sprinkled with gags and opinions. Horrible Histories with added swearing' GUARDIAN 'Mitchell
clearly knows his history with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon
Schama' ANDREW MARR BROADCASTER 'Who knew a history of England's rulers could be this
hilarious? ' i ' I can't recommend this book enough. Very funny and interesting it is
above all a proper work of history' CHARLIE HIGSON
