{"product_id":"unruly-a-history-of-englands-kings-and-queens","title":"Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThink you know your kings and queens? Think again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUNRULY\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTaking 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow 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.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA funny book about a serious subject, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUNRULY \u003c\/i\u003eis for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Oversized Paperback \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: UK, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 430\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: 9781405953184\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10: 1405953187\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"David Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44843731353866,"sku":"","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781405953184.jpg?v=1699007597","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/unruly-a-history-of-englands-kings-and-queens","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}