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A History of England's Kings and Queens

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Unruly

De: David Mitchell
Narrado por: David Mitchell
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Discover who we are and how we got here by listening to comedian and student of history David Mitchell's UNRULY: 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 (spoiler: he didn't exist), David tells the founding story of post-Roman England right 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, 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.

A funny book about a serious subject, UNRULY is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.

Read by David Mitchell.

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IDavid Mitchell's humor and phrasing are reliably satisfying. I haven't read/listening to a book on the kings of queens of England and my knowledge of English history is quite weak. The book was really enjoyable

Got through that quite quickly

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Being a fan of David Mitchell, I thought this would be good. A sort of funny, easy listening confection. But it’s much more than that. I wonder what he’s working on next.

Funny, interesting and educative

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I loved this. I have learned so many new things and found myself laughing out loud at points. David is informative yet conversational and as the daughter of an Australian sailor I particularly enjoyed the vulgar language he used at points.
My partner and I enjoyed listening to this together; he is English and I am very interested in the History of England anyway.
10/10, please continue to write history books!!

Conversational, Informative and Hilarious

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OK he did spoil 007 last movie for me ..lol .. and if you ask how is that possible, well then you will get a sense on the construction and diverse and impromptu jumping aground. I don't think unruly has so much to do with the royals, as what it has to do with his train of thought.

Did I learn anything... no sure... but boy was it fun, and entertaining! Highly recommended

Enjoyable and fun...

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David Mitchell is a great historian in a comic unexpected way, this era has been always confusing and he put bullet points making remarkably clear and different, it made me understand how it all started. Can he do the war of the roses in the future? I think his take will be different!

fascinating!

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Well written and well read. DM gives a great modern interpretation of English Royal history up to and including the rule of Elisabeth the first.

Funny and insightful

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David is in fine form, although I’m not sure his ultimate conclusion at the end of the book can be universally applied to all of his subjects. An excellent listen.

Excellent, as always

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I went in expecting wit, which was delivered aplenty. What surprised me was that Mitchell had so much more to say. About the role of history, the idea of nationalism, the human condition, what civilisation means, the significance of Shakespeare and a range of other subjects. It will be interesting to see if this is a one-off or if this is a new “mode” of Mitchell - from “comedian” to “public intellectual”. I bet that from the inside, the difference is very small - and it all simply feels like a mind at work.

Surprisingly deep

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David Mitchell has been one of my favourite comedians for a long time and this book does not disappoint.

Finding books written and read by comedians is a real treasure

A wonderful book with David Mitchell’s classic humour

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David Mitchell in his element. Hilarious and easy to digest. Hard not to imagine it’s Mark lecturing Jeremy

David Mitchell in his happy place giving a blunt hilarious rendition with no sugar coating.

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