David Mitchell: Unruly
Unruly
Buch
- The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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EUR 22,44*
- Random House Children's Books, 10/2024
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780593728505
- Bestellnummer: 11864210
- Umfang: 464 Seiten
- Gewicht: 458 g
- Erscheinungstermin: 1.10.2024
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INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A rollicking history of England's kings and queens from Arthur to Elizabeth I, a tale of power, glory, and excessive beheadings by award-winning British actor and comedian David Mitchell"Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell [is] a funny man and a skilled historian."―The Times
Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again.
In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits.
Taking us back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Mitchell 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, middle-management insurrection, uncivil wars, and a few Cnuts, as the English evolved from having their crops stolen 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 the hell it matters are all questions that 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.
A funny book that takes history seriously, Unruly is for anyone who has ever wondered how the British monarchy came to be--and who is to blame.
Biografie
David Mitchell, born in 1969, grew up in Worcestershire. After graduating from Kent University, he taught English in Japan, where he wrote his first novel, "Ghostwritten". Published in 1999, it was awarded the Mail on Sunday John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. His second novel, "number9dream", was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and in 2003, David Mitchell was selected as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists.![David Mitchell: Unruly, Buch](https://media1.jpc.de/image/w468/front/0/9780593728505.jpg)
David Mitchell
Unruly
EUR 22,44*