Writer and comedian David Mitchell charts the wild and wicked history of English monarchs, from King Arthur to Elizabeth I, with his characteristic dry humor, unique perspectives, and passion.

Britain is famous for its monarchy. Hundreds of millions tune in to watch coronations, weddings, and funerals of the country's kings and queens in the modern era, and it is famed for its pomp and pageantry.

But how did the monarchy become so illustrious, and were the royals always so popular?

David Mitchell is an award-winning comedian and writer. In Unruly, he charts the rise and fall of England's kings and queens from the legend of King Arthur to Elizabeth I with his characteristic dry wit.

Covering the bloody, the boisterous, and the brazen, Mitchell describes the growing importance of monarchy through the Middle Ages and how it remains such a strange staple of modern Britain.