{"product_id":"b0c4gm5ksx","title":"Unruly: The Number One Bestseller ‘Horrible Histories for grownups’ The Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRead by David Mitchell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA funny book about a serious subject, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThink you know your kings and queens? Think again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e*The Times Number One Bestseller October 2023*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Chatty, irreverent and liberally sprinkled with gags and opinions. Horrible Histories with added swearing’  GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Mitchell clearly knows his history, with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon Schama'  ANDREW MARR, BROADCASTER\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e2023 David Mitchell (P)2023 Penguin Audio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54190519976299,"sku":"YSL20109","price":3.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1674\/0203\/files\/71HyxsubbkL._SY1500.jpg?v=1792721020","url":"https:\/\/www.booktavero.com\/products\/b0c4gm5ksx","provider":"BookTavero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}