Stand-up History

Apr 2024
Unruly - David Mitchell – Michael Joseph, 2023
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If you come at the king, you best not miss. The definitive humorous history of Britain, 1066 And All That, was written almost 100 years ago, and no-one has ever managed to match its density of jokes and its subversive take-down of both the great man and enlightenment models of history. This book, by someone I shall be forced to tag as "David Mitchell (comedian)" to distinguish him from the novelist of the same name, is a better attempt than some, but still misses by miles.
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