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MITCHELL**, DAVID: : UNRULY: A HISTORY OF ENGLAND'S KINGS AND QUEENS

LONDON.MICHAEL JOSEPH,2023.

ISBN 9781405953177.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn. [Complete number line 009. So 1st edn,9th impression in the same year of publication - a tribute as a bestseller and also to the author's popularity?] NMINT/NMINT.Wrapped+protected,stored from day of issue/purchase,so NO owner inscrptn,NO price-clip and unread other than my own collation for listing.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,matt white backgound with colour pictorial artwork illustration,with author's capitalised,embossed, glossy black-lettered name at top edge and above the central illustration; capitalised,embossed, glossy,decorative dull orange-lettered part-title and capitalised,embossed,glossy,black-lettered sub-title at front's lower edge and beneath the colour illustration.Spine/backstrip with flat printed similarly coloured+lettered author and title as the front's and separated by matt colour thumbnail of repeated front illustration and publisher's capitalised b/w initialled name within publisher's b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with an author thumbnail,glossy colour portrait photograph beneath book's black-lettered prose extract.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+ fore-edgess bright,crisp and clean without ageing/toning or foxing/spotting; contents pristine and unread other than collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked metallic red gilt-lettered spine,a bright orange headband and immaculate,separate contemporary medieval colour illustrated front endpapers [a battle with King John of England and Louis VIII on the march] rear endpapers illustrated with Matthew Paris's contemporary colour map of England.   Visually,the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it’s brightnesss,cleanliness and lack of detracting faults.                                          Think you know your kings and queens? Think again. In 'UNRULY',David Mitchell explores how England's monarchs,while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky sods who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits.                        Taking us right back to King Arthur (spoiler, he didn't exist), David tells the founding story of post Roman England right up to the reign of Elizabeth I (spoiler, she dies). It's a tale of narcissists, inadequate self control, excessive beheadings, middle management insurrection, uncivil wars, and at least one total Cnut, as the population evolved from having their crops nicked 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 it matters in modern Britain are all questions David 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 about a serious subject,'UNRULY' is for anyone who has ever wondered how we got here and who is to blame.   Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct [insured,or uninsured at own risk] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order, especially if ordering any multiples. N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE.  ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                  

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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