{"product_id":"unruly-a-history-of-englands-kings-and-queens-by-david-mitchell","title":"Unruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens by David Mitchell","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781405953191\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePenguin, May 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e448 pages, Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDiscover who we are and how we got here in comedian, star of Peep Show and student of history David Mitchell's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnruly: A History of England's Kings and Queens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e - a thoughtful, funny exploration of the founding fathers and mothers of England, and subsequently Britain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThink you know your kings and queens? Think again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnruly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA funny book about a serious subject, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eUnruly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here - and who is to blame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47450494042274,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/71UPHtxGLcL._SY342.jpg?v=1784716672","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/unruly-a-history-of-englands-kings-and-queens-by-david-mitchell","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}