{"product_id":"unruly-1","title":"Unruly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE NO. 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\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\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell – a funny man and skilled historian – tells stories that are interesting and fun. Here is \u003ci\u003eHorrible Histories \u003c\/i\u003efor grownups’\u003c\/b\u003e GERARD DEGROOT, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Just fantastic. Delightfully contrary and hilariously cantankerous. Very, very funny’ \u003c\/b\u003eJESSE ARMSTRONG, CREATOR OF \u003ci\u003eSUCCESSION\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003ePEEP SHOW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Clever, funny. Makes you think quite differently about history’ \u003c\/b\u003eDAN SNOW, HISTORIAN AND BROADCASTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eThink you know your kings and queens? Think again.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn''t exist), \u003ci\u003eUnruly\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*The Times Number One Bestseller October 2023*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ----\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘An \u003cb\u003eenjoyable, rollicking read\u003c\/b\u003e, definitely not a conventional history book’ \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eChatty, irreverent\u003c\/b\u003e and liberally sprinkled with gags and opinions. \u003cb\u003eHorrible Histories with added swearing’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Mitchell clearly knows his history\u003c\/b\u003e, with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon Schama'' ANDREW MARR, BROADCASTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''Who knew a history of England''s rulers could be this hilarious?\u003c\/b\u003e'' \u003ci\u003ei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''\u003c\/i\u003eI can’t recommend this book enough. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVery\u003c\/i\u003e funny and interesting, it is above all a proper work of history'' \u003c\/b\u003eCHARLIE HIGSON\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57396751630718,"sku":"NW9781405953191","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781405953191.jpg?v=1778610889","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-eu\/products\/unruly-1","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}