{"id":2963,"date":"2025-04-08T01:05:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T01:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2025-04-19T19:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T19:55:45","slug":"book-log-unruly-the-ridiculous-history-of-englands-kings-and-queens-by-david-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=2963","title":{"rendered":"Book Log &#8211; Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England&#8217;s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England&#8217;s Kings and Queens <em>by David Mitchell<\/em> [Hardback, borrowed from Curt H.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know little of English history, but this book by British Comedian David Mitchel (<em>Peep Show<\/em>), tells a hilarious tale of the monarchy&#8217;s eccentricities. Super enjoyable, makes a topic I was lukewarm about at best and draws me in hook, line and sinker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I read it on and off for several months, only because of time.  It&#8217;s an amazing read, each page packed full of witty description, making the line of royalty and their exploits very entertaining.  Highly recommend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England&#8217;s Kings and Queens by David Mitchell [Hardback, borrowed from Curt H.] I know little of English history, but this book by British Comedian David Mitchel (Peep Show), tells a hilarious tale of the monarchy&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/?p=2963\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[481,513],"tags":[526],"class_list":["post-2963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-log","category-books","tag-book-log-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2964,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2963\/revisions\/2964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journal.electric-rocket.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}