Australian Independent Bookseller

All the best books from your local independent bookseller

Unruly

Unruly

by David Mitchell

A History of England's Kings and Queens

Format
Paperback
Category
Non-Fiction
Publisher
Penguin Random House
Publish Date
October 2023

A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators

This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read.

Certainly, the funniest.

Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all names, dates or ungraspable historical headwinds, but instead show how it's really just a bunch of random stuff that happened with a few lucky bastards ending up on top. Some of these bastards were quite strange, but they were in charge, so we quite literally lived, and often still live, by their rules.

It's a great story. And it's our story. If you want to know who we are in modern Britain, you need to read this book.

Other titles you should consider ...

The Way We Are

Hugh Mackay

Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs

Johann Hari

A Very Secret Trade

Cassandra Pybus

Wholesome by Sarah

Sarah Pound

  See More...

Not all products are available in all stores.

Popular Sites

Miles

The Miles Franklin Award

Stella Logo - Vertical - Green2
The Stella Prize


Capture

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation 


Search Book Title/Author

This Week's Top 10

  1. Dog Man 12: The Scarlet Shedder Dav Pilkey
  2. My Favourite Mistake Marian Keyes
  3. Sister Viv Grantlee Kieza
  4. The Work Bri Lee
  5. Caledonian Road Andrew O'Hagan
  6. Lola in the Mirror Trent Dalton
  7. Taylor Swift: Little People, BIG DREAMS Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara
  8. Black Duck: A Year at Yumburra Bruce Pascoe
  9. The Glass House Anne Buist & Graeme Simsion
  10. Sanctuary Garry Disher

Source: Nielsen BookScan
Date: 20 April 2024