Unruly (Hardback)

'I don't think anyone other than David Mitchell could have written this book. It's clever, funny and makes you think quite differently about history we thought we knew' - Dan Snow

'By turns fascinating and funny - there is a jewel of an insight or a refreshing blast of clarifying wit on every page. David brings a delightfully contrary and hilariously cantankerous eye to the history of the English Monarchy. Informative, illuminating and very very funny' - Jesse Armstrong

'Mitchell clearly knows his history, with a book that owes as much to Monty Python as it does to Simon Schama' - Andrew Marr

'A Peep Show history of England' - Sunday Times

'Clever, amusing, gloriously bizarre and razor sharp. Mitchell - a funny man and a skilled historian - tells stories that are interesting and fun. His rants alone are worth the price of the book. And amid all the jokes and delightful nonsense, Mitchell sneaks in a serious message about English identity. Here is Horrible Histories for grownups - stripped of their finery, devoid of reverence, Unruly's monarchs emerge as mortals with ordinary flaws. I learnt a lot and laughed a lot, and people who have never before picked up a history book will read and enjoy this one. That's an accomplishment' - Gerard DeGroot

'I can't recommend this book enough. Very funny and interesting, it is above all a proper work of history' - Charlie Higson

'A Punch-and-Judy show of awful people doing terrible things to one another. There is refreshing candour in how it calls out the bastards, bullies and brats who have donned England's highest-carat hats. Above all, it's a funny read, playful and well-meaning... told in a fizzing and indignant style, rammed with entertaining tangents. A sleek rod of Mitchell, fired from a rail gun, passing straight through the reader's skull' - Daily Telegraph