Unruly by David Mitchell

Unruly by David MitchellA 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

After life that was seldom what life ought to be

of tragedy but above all of extraordinary resilience

magic and dazzling richness of the worlds and characters created by Nix is irresistible pleasure

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Faced with the end of his business

000 price on his head

singing his song

believing their labor is paving the way for future generations to inhabit the planet's surface

but why are they so full of menace

politics and world affairs

" * David Hajdu and Grady Hendrix zero in on MAD's hilarious movie spoofs * Liel Leibovitz delves into the Jewishness behind the magazine's humor * and Rachel Shteir amplifies the often unsung contributions of MAD's women artists

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