Aktion	Zweigstelle	Standorte	Status	Vorbestellungen	Frist	Leitfarbe	Interessenkreis
Vorbestellen	Zweigstelle: Zentralbibliothek	Standorte: Englisch Non-Fiction MITCH	Status: Entliehen	Vorbestellungen: 0	Frist: 13.12.2024	Signaturfarbe:	Interessenkreis: Englisch, Geschichte

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 to us today in their portraits.

 

Taking us right back to King Arthur ( he didn’t exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I ( she dies), as the monarchy began to lose its power. It’s a tale of bizarre and curious ascensions, inadequate self-control, and at least one total Cnut, 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 Mitchell answers with brilliance, wit, and the full erudition of a man who once studied history—and is damned if he’ll let it off the hook for the mess it’s made of everything.

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