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INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A rollicking history of England\u2019s kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell<\/p>\n

\u201cClever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell [is] a funny man and a skilled historian.\u201d\u2015The Times<\/p>\n

Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again.<\/p>\n

In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England\u2019s monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects\u2019 destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits.<\/p>\n

Taking us back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn\u2019t exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler: she dies). It\u2019s a tale of narcissists, inadequate self-control, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and a few Cnuts, as the English evolved from having their crops stolen by the thug with the largest armed gang to bowing and paying taxes to a divinely anointed king.<\/p>\n

How this happened, who it happened to, and why the hell it matters are all questions that Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit, and the full erudition of a man who once studied history\u2014and won\u2019t let it off the hook for the mess it\u2019s made.<\/p>\n

A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the British monarchy came to be\u2014and who is to blame.<\/p>\n

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