UNRULY
A funny book about a serious subject, UNRULY is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.
Discover who we are and how we got here in comedian, star of Peep Show and student of history David Mitchell's A History of England's Kings and Queens - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the founding fathers and mothers of England, and subsequently Britain.
Think you know your kings and queens? Think again.
In UNRULY , David Mitchell explores how England's 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 ( he didn't exist), David tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I ( she dies). It's 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 won't let it off the hook for the mess it's made.
Автор | David Mitchell |
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Страници | 448 |
Корица | мека |
Език | английски |
Година | 2024 |
Дата на получаване | 28.06.2024 г. |
Издателство | PENGUIN BOOKS |
ID на книга | 20375319 |
ISBN | 9781405953191 |
Категории | История Книги на английски език Нови книги Книги на английски език – бестселъри 2024 |
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